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Public funding for King Charles III and royals has been recalculated due to windfarm deal profits

Public funding for King Charles III and royals has been recalculated due to windfarm deal profits

LONDON (AP) — The amount of public funding for King Charles III and the royal family's official duties has been recalculated for next year because of an unexpected profit boost from offshore wind farms on the monarch's Crown Estate, the U.K.

As another cheetah dies in India, authorities try to get ambitious conservation project on track

BENGALURU, India (AP) — An eighth cheetah death in India’s Kuno National Park last Friday has raised new questions about a project that reintroduced the big cats to the country 10 months ago and has been mired in controversy since its inception .
European Union rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat wave takes toll

European Union rushes firefighters to Greece as grueling Mediterranean heat wave takes toll

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Firefighting aircraft and ground crews from other countries headed to Greece on Thursday to help battle wildfires that have intensified as a heat wave baked much of southern Europe in temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius (104 d
CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here's what you need to see and know today

As intense heat batters much of the planet, people cool off however they can.
Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

Canadian wildfires hit Indigenous communities hard, threatening their land and culture

EAST PRAIRIE METIS SETTLEMENT, Alberta (AP) — Carrol Johnston counted her blessings as she stood on the barren site where her home was destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire that forced her to flee her northern Alberta community two months ago.
First Nation loses homes in wildfire near Cranbrook, B.C., Eby says

First Nation loses homes in wildfire near Cranbrook, B.C., Eby says

VANCOUVER — A First Nation community in southeastern B.C. has lost homes because of a fast-moving wildfire, and Premier David Eby says the provincial and federal governments are teaming up to provide emergency response.

US Interior Department chooses new water and science deputy to focus on drought resilience

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has tapped an official with the federal government’s water management bureau to serve as a deputy assistant secretary for water and science.
Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP

Recent resignations suggest industry has too much sway with Health Canada: NDP

OTTAWA — The resignation of a scientific adviser from the federal pesticide regulator is yet another example of industry having too much influence at Health Canada, the NDP's health critic is alleging. Dr.
11 mustangs die in US roundup in Nevada caught on video, showing horses with broken necks

11 mustangs die in US roundup in Nevada caught on video, showing horses with broken necks

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As the planet warms, scientists worry that cases of infectious diseases could spike

As the planet warms, scientists worry that cases of infectious diseases could spike

NEW YORK (AP) — People around the world are living longer, healthier lives than they were just half a century ago. Climate change threatens to undo that progress.
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