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Grizzly bear attacks rare, but a risk in wilderness, experts say after Banff deaths

Grizzly bear attacks rare, but a risk in wilderness, experts say after Banff deaths

BANFF NATIONAL PARK, ALBERTA, CANADA — Grizzly bear experts say fatal attacks are extremely rare, but it's always a risk when people venture into the wilderness.
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Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon

Brazil's government starts expelling non-Indigenous people from two native territories in the Amazon

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s government on Monday began removing thousands of non-Indigenous people from two native territories in a move that will affect thousands who live in the heart of the Amazon rainforest .
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Grizzly sow, two older cubs trapped and relocated after moving into Nelson, B.C.

Grizzly sow, two older cubs trapped and relocated after moving into Nelson, B.C.

NELSON, B.C. — A female grizzly bear and her two older cubs have been trapped and relocated after frequenting areas around Nelson in southeastern British Columbia.
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Diwali fireworks advisory issued despite warnings it might be discriminatory: emails

Diwali fireworks advisory issued despite warnings it might be discriminatory: emails

OTTAWA — At least two Environment Canada meteorologists warned that linking Diwali fireworks to air pollution in an air quality advisory could be perceived as discriminatory, internal emails show, but the advisory was still published.
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A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

A fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots

NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In the hills of a dry, remote patch of California farm country, Lee Harrington carefully monitors the drips moistening his pistachio trees to ensure they’re not wasting any of the groundwater at the heart of a vicious fight.
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A look at how to avoid a bear encounter after fatal attack in Banff National Park

A look at how to avoid a bear encounter after fatal attack in Banff National Park

BANFF, Alta. — A couple and their dog were killed on the weekend in a grizzly bear attack in the wilderness of Banff National Park in Alberta.
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Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect rare whales from ship collisions

Environmental groups demand emergency rules to protect rare whales from ship collisions

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal government to enact emergency rules to protect a vanishing species of whale from lethal collisions with large ships.
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Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs

Montana is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that favored youth plaintiffs

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — The office of Montana’s Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling that said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.
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Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says

Wind power project in New Jersey would be among farthest off East Coast, company says

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) — A proposed wind energy project off New Jersey would be among the farthest from land on the East Coast, the New York-based development company said Monday.
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Cambodian court bars environmental activists from traveling to Sweden to receive 'Alternative Nobel'

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court in Cambodia on Monday barred three environmental activists who are serving suspended prison sentences for their advocacy work from traveling to Sweden next month to receive the prestigious Right Livelihood Award .
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