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Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024

Canada's heated political conflict over carbon pricing will continue into 2024

OTTAWA — Canada's price on pollution is supposed to help battle global warming, but as it nears its fifth anniversary, nothing in Canadian politics is hotter.
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South Korea's capital records heaviest single-day snowfall in December for 40 years

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean capital, Seoul, received the biggest single-day snowfall recorded in December for more than 40 years on Saturday but there have been no reports of any weather-related deaths or injuries.
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Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion target bank and block part of highway around Amsterdam

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion target bank and block part of highway around Amsterdam

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Climate activists blocked part of the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of ING bank for hours on Saturday to protest its financing of fossil fuels.
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5.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Indonesia's Aceh province. No casualties reported

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake shook part of Indonesia’s Aceh province Saturday, but there were no immediate reports of serious damage or casualties. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude 5.
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Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction.
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More than 100 anglers rescued from an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river

RED LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — More than 100 people stranded while fishing on an ice chunk that broke free on a Minnesota river were rescued Friday, authorities said.
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Lack of snow and cold puts damper on some Quebec winter activities

Lack of snow and cold puts damper on some Quebec winter activities

MONTREAL — A lack of snow is playing havoc with some of Quebec's traditional winter activities, but there's hope that Mother Nature will provide a much needed blast in the coming weeks to change that.
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Licence revoked for Saint John, N.B., metal scrapyard where major fire broke out

Licence revoked for Saint John, N.B., metal scrapyard where major fire broke out

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick's Public Safety Minister Kris Austin revoked a licence Friday from a Saint John scrapyard where a massive fire broke out earlier this year that released plumes of toxic substances into the air and water.
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Maui's economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?

Maui's economy needs tourists. Can they visit without compounding wildfire trauma?

LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — The restaurant where Katie Austin was a server burned in the wildfire that devastated Hawaii's historic town of Lahaina this summer.
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Ottawa agrees climate adaptation saves money, but experts ask: where's the funding?

Ottawa agrees climate adaptation saves money, but experts ask: where's the funding?

Canada's first-ever climate adaptation strategy was little more than six weeks old when fast-moving wildfires swept through communities in British Columbia's southern Interior, forcing thousands to flee and destroying hundreds of homes.
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