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Emergency beach repairs start in New Jersey shore town amid $33M legal fight

Emergency beach repairs start in New Jersey shore town amid $33M legal fight

NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — A bulldozer began moving sand along a stretch of badly eroded beach Monday in a Jersey Shore town where the bitter fight over how to protect its rapidly shrinking shoreline has led to $33 million worth of litigation.

Concern rising in Myanmar that supplies needed for recovery from Cyclone Mocha are coming too slowly

BANGKOK (AP) — As residents of Myanmar’s Rakhine and Chin states worked Monday to repair the devastation from last week’s Cyclone Mocha, concern is rising about whether the urgent needs for shelter, food, drinking water and medical assistance can be
Germany rejects criticism it watered down language on gas at G7 summit

Germany rejects criticism it watered down language on gas at G7 summit

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Monday rejected criticism that it pushed to weaken existing commitments for phasing out natural gas at a summit of leaders from the Group of Seven major industrialized democracies, saying the concluding statemen
In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty

In the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists try new approach against deforestation and poverty

CARAUARI, Brazil (AP) — In a remote corner of the Amazon, Brazilian ecologists are trying to succeed where a lack of governance has proved disastrous.
India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed

India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Swathes of India from the northwest to the southeast braced for more scorching heat Monday, with New Delhi under a severe weather alert, as extreme temperatures strike parts of the country.
UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

UN agency: 2M killed, $4.3 trillion in damages from extreme weather over past half-century

GENEVA (AP) — The economic damage of weather- and climate-related disasters continues to rise, even as improvements in early warning have helped reduce the human toll, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.
Boots on the ground, eyes in the sky: satellites increasingly used to fight wildfires

Boots on the ground, eyes in the sky: satellites increasingly used to fight wildfires

Eyes in the sky are becoming an increasingly important tool for boots on the ground when it comes to fighting wildfires, experts say, as data from a growing number of satellites give firefighters new tools to predict fire behaviour and analyze its co
Cyclist recovers after T-boning a bear as spring brings spike in ursine encounters

Cyclist recovers after T-boning a bear as spring brings spike in ursine encounters

British Columbia cyclist Kevin Milner was rounding a downhill corner on a North Vancouver trail last Monday evening when he slammed into another road user crossing in front of him.
Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana

Smoke from Canada wildfires prompts air quality alerts in Colorado, Montana

DENVER (AP) — Smoke from dozens of raging wildfires in western Canada has drifted south into the United States and prompted the states of Colorado and Montana to issue air quality alerts.
Talks moving forward on key Canada-U.S. treaty on Columbia River management

Talks moving forward on key Canada-U.S. treaty on Columbia River management

Canadian and U.S. officials have wrapped up the latest round in a five-year negotiation to modernize a major treaty on flood control and power generation on the Columbia River.
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