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Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities

DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S.

Jun 28, 2023 7:33 PM Read more >

Over 1,000 people remain evacuated as crews dig containment line around Arizona brush fire

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — More than 1,100 people remain evacuated from their homes Wednesday as Arizona fire officials determine if a containment line will hold up in windy conditions.

Jun 28, 2023 6:08 PM Read more >

Meteorologists don't expect significant rainfall in Quebec fire hot spots this week

MONTREAL — Wildfires in northern Quebec continue to rage despite recent rainfall, and the coming days will bring a risk of lightning, which could spark more fires if strikes hit dry ground, Environment and Climate Change Canada says.

Jun 28, 2023 3:27 PM Read more >

Protection coming for large tract of threatened grassland south of Kamloops, B.C.

An area of dry, rolling hills in British Columbia's Interior known for its varieties of grasses and home to many of the province's at-risk species is being protected as part of a $54 million conservation project.

Jun 28, 2023 3:19 PM Read more >

Ottawa offering to pay $200 million to protect key Maritimes land link: minister

FREDERICTON — The federal government is ready to pay up to $200 million to protect a vital land corridor linking Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from climate change-related flooding, a federal minster has confirmed.

Jun 28, 2023 2:48 PM Read more >

Poor air quality from wildfires upends summer activities new reality sets in

Canadian wildfires triggered dangerous plumes of smoke and air pollution in parts of the country Wednesday, forcing many people to avoid the outdoors as poor air quality warnings cancelled some mail deliveries and curbed school recesses and sports tr

Jun 28, 2023 2:45 PM Read more >

Warming causes more extreme rain, not snow, over mountains. Scientists say that’s a problem

A warming world is transforming some major snowfalls into extreme rain over mountains instead, somehow worsening both dangerous flooding like the type that devastated Pakistan last year as well as long-term water shortages, a new study found.

Jun 28, 2023 2:41 PM Read more >

Adrian becomes hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Adrian became the first hurricane of the eastern Pacific hurricane season Wednesday off Mexico’s western Pacific coast. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Adrian had sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph).

Jun 28, 2023 10:46 AM Read more >

Canada welcomes largest number of immigrants in first quarter since at least 1972

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year. That's the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.

Jun 28, 2023 9:18 AM Read more >

EPA retreats on Louisiana investigations that alleged Black people lived amid higher cancer risk

The Biden administration has dropped an investigation into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk, despite finding initial evidence of racial discrimination , according to

Jun 28, 2023 9:15 AM Read more >