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Michigan regulators approve $500M pipeline tunnel project under channel linking 2 Great Lakes

Michigan officials approved a $500 million plan Friday to encase in a protective tunnel a portion of an aging oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, leaving just one more regulatory hurdle for the contentious project.

Dec 1, 2023 6:50 PM Read more >

US proposes plan to help the snow-dependent Canada lynx before warming shrinks its habitat

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. officials proposed a $31 million recovery plan for Canada lynx on Friday in a bid to help the snow-dependent wildcat species that scientists say could be wiped out in parts of the contiguous U.S. by the end of the century.

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Canadian mining company starts arbitration in case of closed copper mine in Panama

PANAMA CITY (AP) — Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. announced Friday it has requested arbitration proceedings to fight a Panamanian decision to halt a major open-pit copper mine concession in Panama or obtain damages.

Dec 1, 2023 4:28 PM Read more >

Agriculture officials confirm 25th case of cattle anthrax in North Dakota this year

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A new case of cattle anthrax has been confirmed in southwest North Dakota's Grant County, bringing the number of cases in the state to 25 this year, according to state agriculture officials.

Dec 1, 2023 4:16 PM Read more >

Top world leaders talk of climate crisis at UN summit. They say they must act on fossil fuels, war

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet's dangerously overheating and they are trying to keep it from getting worse.

Dec 1, 2023 3:15 PM Read more >

Court decisions forced some rethink of oil, gas emissions cap: Minister Guilbeault

OTTAWA — The Liberal government had to delay its long-promised regulations to cap emissions from oil and gas production in Canada because of two recent court decisions forcing Ottawa to tread more carefully on climate policy affecting provinces, Envi

Dec 1, 2023 2:06 PM Read more >

California cities and farms will get 10% of requested state water supplies when 2024 begins

SACRAMENTO, Calif.

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New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could make it harder for EV buyers to claim a full tax credit

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans could have a harder time finding electric vehicles that qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under new rules proposed Friday that are likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s goal that half of new passenger vehicles

Dec 1, 2023 11:57 AM Read more >

The resumption of the Israel-Hamas war casts long shadow over Dubai's COP28 climate talks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As world leaders gathered for the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, the collapse of a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war Friday plunged the conflict back into open combat and cast a long shadow over the talks.

Dec 1, 2023 11:26 AM Read more >

New England's decades-old shrimp fishery, a victim of climate change, to remain closed indefinitely

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — New England's long-shuttered shrimp business, which fell victim to warming waters, will remain in a fishing moratorium indefinitely, fishery regulators ruled on Friday.

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