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Rain helps ease wildfires in North Carolina, but reprieve may be short

PINNACLE, N.C. (AP) — Heavy rain and lower temperatures helped slow down some wildfires in North Carolina on Tuesday, including blazes that had prompted evacuations of homes and campgrounds, forestry officials said.
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Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases

Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to make power plants pay for greenhouse gases

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov.
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EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities

EPA offers $2B to clean up pollution, develop clean energy in poor and minority communities

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is making $2 billion available to community groups, states and tribes to clean up pollution and develop clean energy in disadvantaged communities in what officials called the largest-ever investment in envir
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Search is on for pipeline leak after as much as 1.1 million gallons of oil sullies Gulf of Mexico

Search is on for pipeline leak after as much as 1.1 million gallons of oil sullies Gulf of Mexico

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As much as 1.1 million gallons of oil may have been discharged into the Gulf of Mexico from a pipeline system off Louisiana's southeast coast, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.
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New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035

New Jersey banning sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants , officials announced Tuesday. A rule that will take effect Jan.
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TransAlta going greener as it maps out $3.5B in spending, mainly on renewables

TransAlta going greener as it maps out $3.5B in spending, mainly on renewables

CALGARY — One of Alberta's largest power generators says more than two-thirds of its profits will come from renewable electricity production by 2028 — a major transformation for a company that once was one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases
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U.S. study finds Canadian mining toxin in American waters; treatment 'a small dent'

U.S. study finds Canadian mining toxin in American waters; treatment 'a small dent'

A new American study has confirmed southeastern British Columbia coal mines are contaminating waters shared by Canada and the U.S.
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Precious water: As more of the world thirsts, luxury water becoming fashionable among the elite

Precious water: As more of the world thirsts, luxury water becoming fashionable among the elite

SAMTSE, Bhutan (AP) — Monsoon rains have finally passed and floods blocking the lone dirt road have retreated enough for a small truck to climb these Himalayan foothills to a gurgling spring. It spews water so fresh that people here call it nectar.
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Takeaways on fine water, a growing trend for the privileged in a world that's increasingly thirsty

Takeaways on fine water, a growing trend for the privileged in a world that's increasingly thirsty

SAMTSE, Bhutan (AP) — Millions of people worldwide don’t have clean water to drink, even though the United Nations deemed water a basic human right more than a decade ago.
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Climate change hits women's health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28

Climate change hits women's health harder. Activists want leaders to address it at COP28

NEW DELHI (AP) — Manju Devi suffered in pain for two months last year as she worked on a farm near Delhi, unable to break away from duties that sometimes had her standing for hours in the waist-deep water of a rice paddy, lifting heavy loads in inten
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