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Longer droughts in Zimbabwe take a toll on wildlife and cause more frequent clashes with people

Longer droughts in Zimbabwe take a toll on wildlife and cause more frequent clashes with people

GONAREZHOU NATIONAL PARK, Zimbabwe (AP) — In a remote southeastern corner of Zimbabwe, people watched from cars or towers in an annual wildlife census, peering through binoculars at animals coming to drink at waterholes and jotting down notes, often
Search continues for the missing after landslide leaves 3 dead in Alaska fishing community

Search continues for the missing after landslide leaves 3 dead in Alaska fishing community

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Searchers with heat-sensing drones and a cadaver-dog kept up the search Wednesday for three people missing in a landslide that barreled down a mountain and slammed into homes in a remote Alaska fishing community, leaving three c
Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just over half a century, scientists say

Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just over half a century, scientists say

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers said Wednesday
B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans

B.C. opposition parties heat up climate debate with attacks on NDP's plans

VICTORIA — Climate change is becoming a hot-button political issue in British Columbia with opposition parties launching election-style attacks on the New Democrat government's clean climate policies. B.C.
Police, parliamentary security probing threat over carbon-pricing bill: Senate leader

Police, parliamentary security probing threat over carbon-pricing bill: Senate leader

OTTAWA — Two members of the Independent Senators Group say police and parliamentary security are investigating a threat that forced one of them to leave her home last weekend after a social media post blasted members of the upper chamber for their po
Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new wolf management plan

Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's new wolf management plan

MADISON, Wis.
Feds promise long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program, but offer few details

Feds promise long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program, but offer few details

OTTAWA — The "next steps" for a long-awaited Indigenous loan guarantee program will be announced in next year's federal budget, the Liberal government promised in its fall economic statement on Tuesday.
Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog

Proactive climate adaptation can cut Ontario public infrastructure costs: watchdog

TORONTO — The dangers of a changing climate could add more than $4 billion per year to the cost of maintaining Ontario's public infrastructure over the rest of the century, the province's financial watchdog said Wednesday.
Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands

Biden declares emergency over lead in water in US Virgin Islands

President Joe Biden declared an emergency over lead-in-water contamination in the U.S. Virgin Islands earlier this week after tests on St.
A 'black day' for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides

A 'black day' for the EU Green Deal: lawmakers reject proposal to cut use of chemical pesticides

BRUSSELS (AP) — In a blow to the European Green Deal, EU lawmakers on Wednesday rejected a plan to reduce the use of chemical pesticides by 50% by 2030 and to ban all pesticide use in areas such as public parks, playgrounds and schools.