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PG&E bills will go up by more than $32 per month next year in part to pay for wildfire protections

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Federal Court quashes cabinet order underlying single-use plastics ban

Federal Court quashes cabinet order underlying single-use plastics ban

OTTAWA — The federal government's ban on plastic straws and grocery bags is in question after the Federal Court ruled on Thursday that Ottawa had overstepped its bounds in designating all "plastic manufactured items" as toxic.
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2 environmentalists who were targeted by a hacking network say the public is the real victim

NEW YORK (AP) — Two environmentalists told a federal judge Thursday that the public was the real victim of a global computer hacking campaign that targeted those fighting big oil companies to get the truth out about global warming.
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Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it's hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that

Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it's hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that

ROSSTON, Texas (AP) — The cattle part as Meredith Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and their calves.
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Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what's left

Poverty is killing the Amazon rainforest. Treating soil and farmers better can help save what's left

TEKOHAW, Brazil (AP) — At dawn in this small Amazonian village in Brazil's Para state, flocks of noisy green parrots soar overhead as children run and play between wooden homes, kicking up sandy soil — in places white and bare as a beach.
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Wisconsin's annual gun deer season set to open this weekend

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's annual nine-day gun deer-hunting season starts this weekend to a mixed outlook. The season kicks off at sunrise on Saturday and closes on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 26.
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Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

Climate change is hastening the demise of Pacific Northwest forests

SHERWOOD, Ore. (AP) — Deep inside a forest in Oregon’s Willamette Valley stands a dead “Tree of Life.” Its foliage, normally soft and green, is tough and brown or missing altogether.
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Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it

Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it

THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.
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Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it's hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that

Beef is a way of life in Texas, but it's hard on the planet. This rancher thinks she can change that

ROSSTON, Texas (AP) — The cattle part as Meredith Ellis edges her small four-wheeler through the herd, silently counting the cows and calves.
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Demand for seafood is soaring, but oceans are giving up all they can. Can we farm fish in new ways?

Demand for seafood is soaring, but oceans are giving up all they can. Can we farm fish in new ways?

If it still seems strange to think of fish growing on farms, it shouldn’t. Aquaculture has been the fastest growing food sector in the world for decades, and people now eat more farmed fish than wild fish. The industry has had to grow.
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