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'Issue of fairness': Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over funding

MONTREAL — Representatives from developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world's biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are lagging behind those on how much land and water s

Dec 14, 2022 4:22 PM Read more >

Ottawa must hold resource companies accountable to keep Indigenous women safe: report

OTTAWA — A parliamentary committee says resource companies should be held "accountable" for the effect their projects have on the safety of Indigenous women and girls.

Dec 14, 2022 4:15 PM Read more >

Fusion breakthrough a 'marvel' of global scientific collaboration, including Canada

WASHINGTON — The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world — including Canada.

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Whitebark pine that feeds grizzlies is threatened, US says

BILLINGS, Mont.

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Lawmaker calls for removal of NC hurricane recovery director

RALEIGH, N.C.

Dec 14, 2022 2:48 PM Read more >

Nevada battery recycler to build $3.5B plant in S. Carolina

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A battery recycler said Wednesday it will spend $3.5 billion and hire 1,500 workers on a new plant near the South Carolina coast.

Dec 14, 2022 1:46 PM Read more >

Florida lawmakers seeking to calm property insurance storm

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.

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First Nations, governments working to establish Indigenous protected area in Manitoba

MONTREAL — Four First Nations in Manitoba are working with the provincial and federal governments to establish a new Indigenous protected area.

Dec 14, 2022 11:07 AM Read more >

HSBC updates climate policy to stop funding new oil and gas

LONDON — HSBC, Europe’s biggest bank, announced Wednesday it will no longer finance new oil and gas fields as part of its updated climate strategy.

Dec 14, 2022 10:55 AM Read more >

EU to US: We already have war, don't give us trade war, too

BRUSSELS (AP) — Disappointment has set in two years after the election of U.S. President Joe Biden was supposed to reset trans-Atlantic relations with the European Union. EU leaders are openly talking about fights, not only friendship.

Dec 14, 2022 9:16 AM Read more >