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Nevada lithium mine gets conditional $700M government loan

Nevada lithium mine gets conditional $700M government loan

RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of $700 million Friday to an Australian mining company to pursue a lithium project still facing environmental hurdles in Nevada as the U.S.
NJ governor: No pause in wind farm prep after 7th dead whale

NJ governor: No pause in wind farm prep after 7th dead whale

BRIGANTINE, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's governor said Friday he does not think undersea preparations for offshore wind farms should be halted in response to a recent spate of whale deaths in New Jersey and New York.
Hamilton estimates second leak dumped 59 million litres of sewage in Lake Ontario

Hamilton estimates second leak dumped 59 million litres of sewage in Lake Ontario

HAMILTON — The City of Hamilton is estimating that approximately 59 million litres of waste has been dumped into Lake Ontario over more than two decades as the result of a sewage leak discovered this week.
Explosion in gas pipeline in Lithuania, no injuries reported

Explosion in gas pipeline in Lithuania, no injuries reported

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — An explosion occurred Friday in a pipeline in central Lithuania carrying gas to the north of the country and neighboring Latvia but no injuries or significant supply disruptions were reported.
Invasive spongy moths target of B.C. spray program on Vancouver Island this spring

Invasive spongy moths target of B.C. spray program on Vancouver Island this spring

VICTORIA — The B.C. government is planning an insecticide spraying program this spring to target invasive spongy moths, formerly known as gypsy moths.
German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site

German village clearance continues, Thunberg visits site

LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — German police on Friday continued the clearance of a village that is due to be demolished to accommodate the expansion of a coal mine, with activists still holed up in one building, in tree houses and a tunnel.
EXPLAINER: What came together to make deadly Alabama tornado

EXPLAINER: What came together to make deadly Alabama tornado

DENVER (AP) — A La Nina weather pattern, warm moist air coming from an unusually toasty Gulf of Mexico, likely juiced by climate change , and a decades long eastward shift of tornadoes came together to create the unusually early and deadly storm syst
Japan eyes delay of Fukushima plant water release

Japan eyes delay of Fukushima plant water release

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has revised the timing of a planned release to the sea of treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to “around spring or summer," indicating a delay from the initial target of this spring, after
Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 people

Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 people

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Rights group releases scathing report on Canada's violations of Indigenous rights

Rights group releases scathing report on Canada's violations of Indigenous rights

OTTAWA — A prominent human-rights group says Canada is failing to address long-standing abuses, delivering a rebuke of what it calls the federal government's inadequate climate policy and violations of the rights of Indigenous people and immigration
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