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Senators need to 'get out of the way' and pass carbon price bill: Tory MP

Senators need to 'get out of the way' and pass carbon price bill: Tory MP

OTTAWA — Ontario Conservative MP Adam Chambers says senators should, in his words, "learn their place in a democracy" and go back to being what he calls "invisible" instead of holding up a carbon pricing farm bill.
Biden targets GOP Rep. Boebert in her district in a fresh political attack on Republicans

Biden targets GOP Rep. Boebert in her district in a fresh political attack on Republicans

DENVER (AP) — President Joe Biden will try to turn Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado into the embodiment of Republican opposition to his agenda as he visits her congressional district on Wednesday.
Canadian oil and gas executives head to Dubai for United Nations climate talks

Canadian oil and gas executives head to Dubai for United Nations climate talks

CALGARY — Executives and senior leaders from Canada's oil and gas sector are heading to Dubai for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks.
US moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction

US moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges, threatens extinction

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Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit

Emirati-designated COP28 leader forcefully denies report UAE wanted to seek oil deals in summit

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate talks forcefully denied Wednesday a report alleging his nation planned to use the summit to strike oil and gas deals.
Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities say

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona may need to have fresh water shipped in by boat in the coming months.
Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current pain

Climate contradictions key at UN talks. Less future warming projected, yet there's more current pain

The world is heading for considerably less warming than projected a decade ago, but that good news is overwhelmed by much more pain from current climate change than scientists anticipated, experts said.
US agency ends use of 'cyanide bomb' to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns

US agency ends use of 'cyanide bomb' to kill coyotes and other predators, citing safety concerns

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S.
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's Jakarta

Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia's Jakarta

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays grey for months at a time, while ashes and the stench of smoke hang in the air.
Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around 'like a piece of weightless popcorn'

Alaska landslide survivor says force of impact threw her around 'like a piece of weightless popcorn'

WRANGELL, Alaska (AP) — Christina Florschutz was dressing after stepping out of the shower of her upstairs bathroom when she heard “a horrible noise, a very loud noise.
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