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Powerful storm pounds the Black Sea region, leaving more than a half-million people without power

Powerful storm pounds the Black Sea region, leaving more than a half-million people without power

A weekend storm that pounded the Black Sea region toppled trees, tore down power lines and flooded coastal areas of southern Russia and Ukraine, leaving more than a half-million people without power Monday, officials and media reports said.
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Group opposes coal pit application until wastewater release probes complete

Group opposes coal pit application until wastewater release probes complete

EDMONTON — An environmental group says a coal company's application to deepen its open-pit mine shouldn't be considered while it's under investigation over wastewater releases into local rivers.
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Spain announces a 1.4 billion-euro deal to help protect the prized Doñana wetland from drying up

Spain announces a 1.4 billion-euro deal to help protect the prized Doñana wetland from drying up

MADRID (AP) — National and regional authorities in Spain signed an agreement Monday to invest 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in areas around the treasured national park of Doñana in a bid to stop the park from drying up.
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Environmental protesters board deep-sea mining ship between Hawaii and Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Greenpeace activists have boarded a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico and said Sunday they'll stay to protest exploration the ship is conducting to support activity that would destroy marine life.
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How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

Amidst record-high temperatures , deluges , droughts and wildfires , leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb the centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into
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How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it

Amid record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb a centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into the at
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Heavy snowfall in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity

Heavy snowfall in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova on Sunday left one person dead and hundreds of localities without electricity, as well as forcing the closure of some national roads, authorities said.
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Girl, 11, confirmed as fourth victim of Alaska landslide, two people still missing

Girl, 11, confirmed as fourth victim of Alaska landslide, two people still missing

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Authorities recovered the body of an 11-year-old girl Saturday evening from the debris of a landslide in southeast Alaska that tore down a wooded mountainside days earlier, smashing into homes in a remote fishing village.
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Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

Tackling climate change and alleviating hunger: States recycle and donate food headed to landfills

ELMSFORD, N.Y. (AP) — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn't sold got tossed out.
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One of world's largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades

One of world's largest icebergs drifting beyond Antarctic waters after it was grounded for 3 decades

LONDON (AP) — One of the world’s largest icebergs is drifting beyond Antarctic waters, after being grounded for more than three decades, according to the British Antarctic Survey.
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