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Maine plans to use offshore wind for half its energy needs by 2040

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine will procure at least 3,000 megawatts of electricity from offshore wind turbines by 2040 under a bill signed Thursday by Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, enough to power about half of the state's electricity load.
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Alaska asks US Supreme Court to strike down the rejection of a proposed copper, gold mine

Alaska asks US Supreme Court to strike down the rejection of a proposed copper, gold mine

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The state of Alaska wants the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a federal agency's rejection of a proposed copper and gold mine in southwest Alaska's Bristol Bay region. The U.S.
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Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

Aging infrastructure struggling to keep up with storms, wildfires, changing climate

FREDERICTON — The torrential rain that washed out roads, bridges and a key rail link in Nova Scotia on the weekend is is being described as another sign that engineers cannot rely on past weather patterns to design infrastructure able to withstand ri
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A car-carrying cargo ship burning near a Dutch bird habitat stokes environmental worries

A car-carrying cargo ship burning near a Dutch bird habitat stokes environmental worries

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A cargo ship packed with cars burned close to a world-renowned bird habitat off the Dutch coast Thursday as firefighters and salvage crews waited for the flames from a fire that started more than a day earlier to subside
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DNA tests confirm the body found on a Swiss glacier is of a German mountaineer missing since 1986

GENEVA (AP) — DNA tests have confirmed that the body recently found on a glacier southeast of the famed Matterhorn peak is that of a German mountaineer who disappeared 37 years ago, police in southwestern Switzerland said Thursday.
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Coastal Chinese city joins parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices for Typhoon Doksuri

Coastal Chinese city joins parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices for Typhoon Doksuri

BEIJING (AP) — The coastal Chinese city of Shantou on Thursday joined parts of Taiwan in shutting down schools and offices as Typhoon Doksuri brings heavy wind and rain to the Taiwan Strait and surrounding areas.
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Shell earnings top $5 billion. But that's nearly half what it pulled in months ago

Shell earnings top $5 billion. But that's nearly half what it pulled in months ago

LONDON (AP) — Shell reported Thursday that it earned nearly $5.1 billion in the second quarter, nearly half what the oil and natural gas giant pulled in during the first three months of the year as energy prices have plunged .
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Deadly wildfires in Greece and other European countries destroy homes and threaten nature reserves

Deadly wildfires in Greece and other European countries destroy homes and threaten nature reserves

RHODES, Greece (AP) — Deadly fires raging in Greece and other European countries advanced on Wednesday, destroying homes and threatening nature reserves during a third successive wave of extreme temperatures.
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US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructure

US legislators turn to Louisiana for experience on climate change impacts to infrastructure

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — This summer — as blistering heat waves scorched the Southwest, wildfire smoke from Canada choked much of North America, a drought in the central U.S.
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Rain brings small 'reprieve' in B.C.'s north, but wildfire conditions dire elsewhere

Rain brings small 'reprieve' in B.C.'s north, but wildfire conditions dire elsewhere

The number of active wildfires in British Columbia has dropped sharply to about 400 as cooler weather and recent rain has cut the fire risk, but another hot spell could wipe out those gains as large sections of the province wilt under severe drought.
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