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Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico's Chaco

Biden orders 20-year ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites outside New Mexico's Chaco

SANTA FE, N.M.
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Long stretch of New Jersey's Garden State Parkway reopens as firefighters battle 5,000-acre blaze

BASS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — A long stretch of New Jersey’s Garden State Parkway reopened Friday morning as firefighters worked to contain a 5,000-acre forest fire spewing thick plumes of smoke.
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As debt limit crisis abates, environmental critics fear dangerous pipeline precedent

As debt limit crisis abates, environmental critics fear dangerous pipeline precedent

WASHINGTON — In the land of partisan blinders, the one named Manchin is still king, it seems.
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Water main break prompts boil-water advisory in three Calgary communities

CALGARY — A boil-water advisory remains in effect for three communities in southwest Calgary after a water main break at a nearby construction site.
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Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

Feds open to cutting plastic production but global agreement will be hard: Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Canada is open to the idea of including a requirement to cut back on the production of plastic in a new global treaty to eliminate plastic pollution, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday.
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RCMP enforcing Nova Scotia's ban on open fires, will charge maximum fine of $25,000

RCMP enforcing Nova Scotia's ban on open fires, will charge maximum fine of $25,000

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP say they are enforcing a provincial ban on burning and another on travel and activities in the woods that were put in place as firefighters battle raging wildfires.
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Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from 'forever chemicals' water contamination

Companies reach $1.18 billion deal to resolve claims from 'forever chemicals' water contamination

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Three chemical companies said Friday they had reached a $1.18 billion deal to resolve complaints of polluting many U.S. drinking water systems with potentially harmful compounds known as PFAS. DuPont de Nemours Inc.
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B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

B.C. extends deferral of old-growth logging in Vancouver Island's Fairy Creek

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has extended an order deferring old-growth logging in the Fairy Creek watershed on Vancouver Island. The extension to Feb.
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The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here's what to know.

The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season is now underway. Here's what to know.

MIAMI (AP) — It's time for residents along the southeastern U.S. coastlines to make sure their storm plans are in place as the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season got underway Thursday.
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Tropical Storm Arlene, 1st of season, forms in Gulf of Mexico

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Arlene, the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season , formed Friday in the Gulf of Mexico on a track taking the cyclone south toward the western tip of Cuba.
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