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Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister

Alberta to add firefighters for expected busy wildfire season: minister

Alberta will field more firefighters, more volunteers and more high-tech gear as it braces for what it expects will be another busy wildfire season, the province's forestry minister said Thursday.
US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near Nevada lithium mine

US wildlife service considering endangered status for tiny snail near Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev.

Floridians shaken by 4.0 magnitude earthquake about 100 miles off the coast in the Atlantic Ocean

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Authorities are collecting reports from Floridians who felt shaking from a 4.0 magnitude earthquake off the coast, the National Weather Service reported. The earthquake happened shortly before 11 p.m.
Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline

Enbridge appeals to vacate an order that would shut down its pipeline

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An attorney for the energy company Enbridge tried to persuade a federal appellate court Thursday to vacate an order that would shut down part of a pipeline running through a Wisconsin tribal reservation.
Man who diverted national park river to ease boat access on Lake Michigan convicted of misdemeanors

Man who diverted national park river to ease boat access on Lake Michigan convicted of misdemeanors

EMPIRE, Mich. (AP) — A man accused of diverting a national park river to ease boat access to Lake Michigan has been convicted of two misdemeanors.
In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium

In rural Utah, concern over efforts to use Colorado River water to extract lithium

GREEN RIVER, Utah (AP) — A plan to extract lithium — the lustrous, white metal used in electric vehicle batteries — in southeast Utah is adding to an anxiety familiar in the arid American West: how the project could affect water from the Colorado Riv
Berlin's zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, who died at what's believed to be at least 75

Berlin's zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, who died at what's believed to be at least 75

BERLIN (AP) — The Berlin Zoo is mourning Ingo the flamingo, its oldest resident, who died at what is believed to be at least 75 years of age and had lived there since the mid-1950s. The zoo announced Ingo's Feb.
Southern Californians recount harrowing mudslides during deadly record-breaking storm

Southern Californians recount harrowing mudslides during deadly record-breaking storm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jesus Barron answered his wife's panicked phone call warning him that a mudslide was smashing into their bedroom in the hills of eastern Los Angeles County. Then, the line went dead.
Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too

Climate change is fueling the disappearance of the Aral Sea. It's taking residents' livelihoods, too

MUYNAK, Uzbekistan (AP) — Toxic dust storms, anti-government protests, the fall of the Soviet Union — for generations, none of it has deterred Nafisa Bayniyazova and her family from making a living growing melons, pumpkins and tomatoes on farms aroun
Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota's 'lost winter'

Globe breaks heat record for 8th straight month. Golfers get to play in Minnesota's 'lost winter'

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — For the eighth straight month in January, Earth was record hot, according to the European climate agency.