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Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho

Judge pauses Biden waterway protections in Texas, Idaho

GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A federal judge paused the Biden administration's waterway protections in Texas and Idaho as Republicans across the country challenge the environmental regulations as vague and argue the rules would create economic burdens.
Last wild Atlantic salmon can survive Maine dams, feds say

Last wild Atlantic salmon can survive Maine dams, feds say

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government ruled Monday that the last wild Atlantic salmon in the country can coexist with hydroelectric dams on a Maine river, dealing a blow to environmentalists who have long sought to remove the dams.
RСÀ¶ÊÓƵ fossil fuel expansion funding jumped 45% last year to US$10.8B: report

RСÀ¶ÊÓƵ fossil fuel expansion funding jumped 45% last year to US$10.8B: report

TORONTO — Data from an environmental group shows RСÀ¶ÊÓƵ's fossil fuel expansion-related funding jumped by almost half last year to its highest level since the Paris climate agreement was reached in 2015. Stand.earth says the bank's US$10.
France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets

France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets

PARIS (AP) — France’s highest administrative body on Monday ordered the government to better protect endangered dolphins and porpoises in an industrial fishing hub in the Atlantic Ocean that has become controversial over links to mass deaths of the c
Insider Q&A: From oil to offshore wind, Ørsted transformed

Insider Q&A: From oil to offshore wind, Ørsted transformed

NEW YORK (AP) — One of Europe's most fossil fuel-intensive energy companies transformed completely in little more than a decade by doubling down on offshore wind.
Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

Paris aims to keep Olympians cool without air conditioners

The Paris Olympics is going underground to find a way to keep athletes cool at the 2024 Games without air conditioners.
Millions of rotting fish to be removed from Outback river

Millions of rotting fish to be removed from Outback river

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Contractors are being hired to remove millions of rotting fish from a river in the Australian Outback after a unprecedented die-off following floods and hot weather, police said on Monday.
Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE

Their world was the oyster: Oldest pearl town found in UAE

SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Archaeologists said Monday they have found the oldest pearling town in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates.
Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

Report: 43,000 estimated dead in Somalia drought last year

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A new report says an estimated 43,000 people died amid Somalia's longest drought on record last year and half of them likely were children under 5 years old.
A week on, brutal Cyclone Freddy still taxes southern Africa

A week on, brutal Cyclone Freddy still taxes southern Africa

Over a week after Cyclone Freddy's second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar , the effects are still being felt as locals, officials and aid workers continue to uncover the full exte
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