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Brazil police: Businessman ordered killings of men in Amazon

Brazil police: Businessman ordered killings of men in Amazon

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police said Monday they planned to indict a Colombian fish trader as the mastermind of last year's slayings of Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips.
EPA considers tougher regulation of livestock farm pollution

EPA considers tougher regulation of livestock farm pollution

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it will study whether to toughen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways.
One person killed in avalanche near Valemount, B.C.

One person killed in avalanche near Valemount, B.C.

VALEMOUNT, B.C. — One person has died in an avalanche that caught two snowmobilers over the weekend south of Valemount, B.C., not far from the Alberta boundary.
Feds deny emergency call to slow ships, ease whale strikes

Feds deny emergency call to slow ships, ease whale strikes

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. government has denied a request from a group of environmental organizations to immediately apply proposed ship-speed restrictions in an effort to save a vanishing species of whale.
South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'

South Dakota tribe: Storm deaths 'could have been prevented'

Honor Beauvais’ every breath was a battle as a snowstorm battered the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
Study: Puerto Rico should go solar to meet clean energy goal

Study: Puerto Rico should go solar to meet clean energy goal

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A U.S.
Biden’s next climate hurdle: Enticing Americans to buy green

Biden’s next climate hurdle: Enticing Americans to buy green

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden persuaded Democrats in Congress to provide hundreds of billions of dollars to fight climate change.
Snow, winds cause traffic chaos, power cuts in Slovenia

Snow, winds cause traffic chaos, power cuts in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A snow storm packing strong winds has wreaked traffic chaos on a key highway and other roads in Slovenia Monday, while leaving parts of the country temporarily without electricity.
Clean energy gains a foothold in India, but coal still rules

Clean energy gains a foothold in India, but coal still rules

BENGALURU, India (AP) — For six years, Pravinbhai Parmar's farm in Gujarat state in western India has been lined with rice, wheat and solar panels.
Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation

Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil’s incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency’s headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing.
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