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Loss of bison herds still affecting Plains First Nations, research suggests

Loss of bison herds still affecting Plains First Nations, research suggests

The collapse of the teeming bison herds that once blackened the prairie was an economic catastrophe that still affects those who once depended on them, new research suggests.
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Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming

Special UN summit, protests, week of talk turn up heat on fossil fuels and global warming

The heat is about to be turned up on fossil fuels, the United States and President Joe Biden.
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Montreal's Mount Royal Park is getting a makeover. What would architect Olmsted say?

Montreal's Mount Royal Park is getting a makeover. What would architect Olmsted say?

Montreal plans to fundamentally alter its lush, mountain playground.
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Climate change could bring more monster storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate change could bring more monster storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

BOSTON (AP) — When it comes to hurricanes, New England can't compete with Florida or the Caribbean.
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shíshálh Nation applying for water reservoir funding

shíshálh Nation applying for water reservoir funding

Proposed reservoir could provide water by summer 2024
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What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out

What if public transit was like Uber? A small city ended its bus service to find out

When a small city abruptly parked all its buses to launch a publicly subsidized van service offering $1.50 trips anywhere in town, only one of its bus drivers — a big-city transplant — went along for the ride.
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Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Fishermen removed lobster traps from the water and residents hauled hundreds of boats ashore — leaving some harbors looking like ghost towns — while utility workers from as far away as Tennessee began taking up positions Frid
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Brazil restores stricter climate goals

Brazil restores stricter climate goals

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is reinstating stronger greenhouse gas commitments it made in 2015 as part of the Paris Agreement that were weakened under former President Jair Bolsonaro.
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Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

Climate change could bring more storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

BOSTON (AP) — When it comes to hurricanes, New England can't compete with Florida or the Caribbean.
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Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden

Offshore wind projects need federal help to get built, six governors tell Biden

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.
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