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Alberta regulator confirms potential oilsands toxins in small fish-bearing waterbody

Alberta regulator confirms potential oilsands toxins in small fish-bearing waterbody

Alberta's energy regulator has confirmed hazardous chemicals are present in a small waterbody after two releases of tailings-contaminated wastewater from Imperial Oil's Kearl oilsands mine.
Small businesses not getting what they were promised in aid to offset carbon price

Small businesses not getting what they were promised in aid to offset carbon price

OTTAWA — Small businesses in Canada have received less than 10 per cent of the financial aid they were promised to help them offset the costs of the national price on carbon emissions.
Challenge to Biden 'Cost of Carbon' policy dismissed

Challenge to Biden 'Cost of Carbon' policy dismissed

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to calculate damages from greenhouse gasses was dismissed Wednesday by a federal appeals court.
'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores vigilante eco-sabotage

'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' explores vigilante eco-sabotage

LOS ANGELES (AP) — When the creators of “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” initially set out to adapt the book of the same name , which critiques the docility of climate activism, director Daniel Goldhaber had in mind a very different movie than what they e
Dutch court nixes plan to reduce flights at Schiphol Airport

Dutch court nixes plan to reduce flights at Schiphol Airport

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that the Dutch government cannot order Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, one of Europe's busiest aviation hubs, to reduce the number of flights from 500,000 per year to 460,000, dealing a blow to effo
Senegal's Baaba Maal returns after years with new album

Senegal's Baaba Maal returns after years with new album

Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and activist Baaba Maal is releasing his first album in seven years, “Being.
'Amazing story of survival': 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel found in Yukon

'Amazing story of survival': 30,000-year-old mummified ground squirrel found in Yukon

WHITEHORSE — The ancient remains of a ground squirrel dug up by miners near Dawson City, Yukon, still has lessons to teach 30,000 years after it died, an expert says.
Severe storms including hail, tornadoes hit Midwest, South

Severe storms including hail, tornadoes hit Midwest, South

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — People still sorting through the wreckage of their homes after a weekend of deadly weather braced for another wave of strong storms that began rolling into parts of the Midwest and South on Tuesday evening.
India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

India’s push for 24/7 clean energy from dams upends lives

KINNAUR, India (AP) — The pickup truck jostled away from the roaring Sutlej River and up the steep mountain path flanked by snow-capped Himalayan peaks, some nearly 7,000 meters (22,965 feet) high.
US rolls out funding for wildlife crossings along busy roads

US rolls out funding for wildlife crossings along busy roads

SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M.
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