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Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

Why more women are switching to reusable menstrual products

It was six months ago that Selin Celikoyar bought her last tampon and switched to a reusable menstrual disc. "I had already been wary of tampons from an environmental perspective and also from a biological perspective.
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks

GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution , an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office.
Bosnia's mountain resorts pivot to summer tourism as climate changes

Bosnia's mountain resorts pivot to summer tourism as climate changes

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A short drive from the Mediterranean coast, mid-altitude mountain resorts near Sarajevo — traditionally dependent on snow sports — are slowly but steadily pivoting to attract summertime tourists.
Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan

Massive mudslide kills 7 volunteers repairing flood damage in northern Pakistan

GILGIT, Pakistan (AP) — A massive mudslide early Monday killed seven volunteers as they repaired a drainage channel damaged by flash floods in northern Pakistan , officials said, leaving three others injured.
Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but is not forecast to threaten land

Henriette becomes a hurricane in the Pacific Ocean but is not forecast to threaten land

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Tropical Storm Henriette rapidly strengthened into a hurricane Sunday in the central Pacific Ocean with further strengthening expected, but it poses no threat to land, the National Hurricane Center said.
6.1 earthquake hits Turkey's Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildings

6.1 earthquake hits Turkey's Balikesir province, killing 1 and collapsing buildings

ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, officials said. At least 29 people were injured.
Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

Feel sticky this summer? That's because it's been record muggy East of the Rockies

More than 70 million Americans sweated through the muggiest first two months of summer on record as climate change has noticeably dialed up the Eastern United States' humidity in recent decades, an Associated Press data analysis shows.
Greener steel arrives in Canada to a market in turmoil and future unclear

Greener steel arrives in Canada to a market in turmoil and future unclear

TORONTO — Like some superhero channelling the power of lightning, Algoma Steel Inc. has started using the heat cast off by the arcs of powerful electric currents to make greener steel.

Henriette regains tropical storm strength in the Pacific but is still not forecast to threaten land

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Henriette regained tropical storm strength in the Pacific Ocean well east of Hawaii on Saturday, but forecasters said it was still not expected to pose a threat to land.
Storms kill 1, injure another and displace hundreds of inmates in Nebraska

Storms kill 1, injure another and displace hundreds of inmates in Nebraska

OMAHA, Neb.
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