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Wildfires driven by climate change are on the rise - Spain must do more to prepare, say experts

Wildfires driven by climate change are on the rise - Spain must do more to prepare, say experts

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain must do more to prepare for increasingly virulent wildfires stoked by climate change, a large group of the country’s leading wildfire prevention experts said on Thursday.
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Two conservation organizations team up to protect 130-year old ranch in Alberta

Two conservation organizations team up to protect 130-year old ranch in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Two conservation organizations have teamed up to protect one of the largest areas of intact Prairie grasslands and wetlands in Canada.
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EU nature restoration law narrowly survives attack by conservative lawmakers

EU nature restoration law narrowly survives attack by conservative lawmakers

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union's ambition to lead the way on ecological issues avoided a major setback Thursday when the environment committee of the European Parliament voted by the thinnest margin to reject a proposal that would have killed a d
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Let it bee: The women on a mission to save Mexico City's bees

Let it bee: The women on a mission to save Mexico City's bees

MEXICO CITY (AP) — "Knife,” Adriana Velíz says with the concentration of a brain surgeon. Shrouded in a white bee suit, she lies stretched out on the ground in one of Mexico City’s most buzzing districts.
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Veteran Sherpa guides to compete next season for Everest ascent record

Veteran Sherpa guides to compete next season for Everest ascent record

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The race for the record to have successfully scaled Mount Everest the most number of times is still on.
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Faster approvals for major projects will be key to achieving climate goals: Report

Faster approvals for major projects will be key to achieving climate goals: Report

CALGARY — Canada has no hope of reaching its 2050 climate goals unless it can find a way to speed up the approvals process for major projects in this country, a new report states.
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Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

VICTORIA — The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net
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Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall

Indian, Pakistani coasts on high alert a day before Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall

MANDVI, India (AP) — The coastal regions of India and Pakistan were on high alert Wednesday with tens of thousands of people being evacuated a day ahead of a cyclone's expected landfall.
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Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

Female Mexican gray wolf released into wild in Arizona in move to help wolf's recovery

PHOENIX (AP) — A female Mexican gray wolf that a group of schoolchildren nicknamed Asha has been returned to the wilds of Arizona after she was found wandering in northern New Mexico outside of a zone set up for the recovery of her subspecies, the U.
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Oregon jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for fires, plus award that could reach billions

Oregon jury: PacifiCorp must pay punitive damages for fires, plus award that could reach billions

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury on Wednesday ordered the electric utility PacifiCorp to pay punitive damages for causing devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 — on top of an earlier verdict already expected to amount to billions of dollars.
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