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Ski resorts are embracing a new role: climate activist

Ski resorts are embracing a new role: climate activist

ASPEN, Colorado (AP) — Snow falls thick as skiers shed their gear and duck into the Sundeck Restaurant, one of the first certified energy efficient buildings in the U.S.
Indigenous communities leading Canada's clean energy boom

Indigenous communities leading Canada's clean energy boom

CALGARY — On a wintry day last November, Daphne Kay looked up at an expanse of gleaming solar panels located on Cowessess First Nation reserve land just east of Reginaand cried.
Better late than never: Trudeau finally gets a home-turf visit from U.S. president

Better late than never: Trudeau finally gets a home-turf visit from U.S. president

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden's last official visit to Canada came with a palpable sense of foreboding. Change was in the air. Authoritarian leaders in Syria and Turkey were consolidating power. Britain had voted to leave the European Union.
Norad, Haiti, critical minerals expected to top Trudeau-Biden talking points

Norad, Haiti, critical minerals expected to top Trudeau-Biden talking points

WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden will spend two days in Canada beginning Thursday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and speak to a joint session of Parliament, his first visit north of the border since taking the oath of office in 2021.
Range of emotions for residents facing relocation over smelter in Rouyn-Noranda

Range of emotions for residents facing relocation over smelter in Rouyn-Noranda

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — An announcement this week that some 200 families would be relocated from a Rouyn-Noranda neighbourhood contaminated by smelter pollution was met with anxiety and concern for those who will be moved out.
Regulators: Nuclear plant leak didn't require public notice

Regulators: Nuclear plant leak didn't require public notice

Minnesota regulators knew four months ago that radioactive waste had leaked from a nuclear power plant in Monticello — but they didn’t announce anything about the leak until this week.
New Mexico opts for veto power on spent nuclear fuel debate

New Mexico opts for veto power on spent nuclear fuel debate

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's governor on Friday signed legislation aimed at keeping spent nuclear fuel produced by commercial U.S.
Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

Mormon Church gives water to boost imperiled Great Salt Lake

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Donating a small reservoir's worth of water rights to Utah's Great Salt Lake . Replacing grass with rocks and water-wise landscaping around neatly manicured churches.
State and US officials tout spending to plug 'orphan wells'

State and US officials tout spending to plug 'orphan wells'

ATCHAFALAYA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, La.
California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

California buildings still in peril from tumbling cliff

SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — About two dozen people forced to flee Southern California apartment buildings endangered by a tumbling oceanside hill may be evacuated indefinitely.
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