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Slow-moving Pacific storm threatens to bring California flooding and mudslides

Slow-moving Pacific storm threatens to bring California flooding and mudslides

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Heavy rains drenched parts of California on Wednesday, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides as millions of people geared up for holiday travel, the National Weather Service said.
Oil companies offer $382M for drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico in last offshore sale before 2025

Oil companies offer $382M for drilling rights in Gulf of Mexico in last offshore sale before 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil companies offered $382 million for drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday after courts rejected the Biden administration's plans to scale back the sale to protect an endangered whale species.

Supreme Court will hear challenge to EPA rule limiting downwind power plant pollution in 10 states

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments in February on whether the Environmental Protection Agency can continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule in 10 states, an effort to restrict smokestack emissions from power
Takeaways on AP's investigation into cocoa coming from a protected Nigerian rainforest

Takeaways on AP's investigation into cocoa coming from a protected Nigerian rainforest

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat , a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate.
Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers

Cocoa grown illegally in a Nigerian rainforest heads to companies that supply major chocolate makers

OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places li
Federal government backstops carbon price in first-of-its-kind deal

Federal government backstops carbon price in first-of-its-kind deal

CALGARY — A Calgary carbon capture company has signed a first-of-its-kind carbon offtake agreement with the federal government, a significant milestone that some say could help unlock future private-sector investments in decarbonization projects.

Federal regulators give more time to complete gas pipeline extension in Virginia, North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The builders of a proposed natural gas pipeline that will enter North Carolina from Virginia now have another 2 1/2 years to complete the project after federal regulators pushed back a deadline for the work.
Coast-to-coast wildfires the top weather story of 2023, says chief climatologist

Coast-to-coast wildfires the top weather story of 2023, says chief climatologist

Canadians love to talk about their weather. This year, so did people around the world.
A 7th person in Tennessee has died due to tornado-producing storms

A 7th person in Tennessee has died due to tornado-producing storms

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A seventh person in Tennessee has died from injuries she suffered during a string of powerful storms earlier this month that whipped up destructive tornadoes , according to police.
New tower at surfing venue in Tahiti spurring more blowback against Paris Olympic organizers

New tower at surfing venue in Tahiti spurring more blowback against Paris Olympic organizers

SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics said Wednesday that building work will continue on a new tower for judges and TV cameras at the surfing venue in Tahiti despite the sport's governing body saying it no longer supports the co