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Montreal peregrine falcon chicks take first flights into a world full of danger

Montreal peregrine falcon chicks take first flights into a world full of danger

MONTREAL — The world is full of dangers when you're a falcon chick less than six weeks old and learning to fly — even if you're a member of the fastest species on Earth.
Shell going ahead with Canadian carbon capture and storage project

Shell going ahead with Canadian carbon capture and storage project

CALGARY — Shell Canada is going ahead with its Polaris carbon capture project in Alberta.
Florida's balloon ban will protect sea turtles, birds and other marine life

Florida's balloon ban will protect sea turtles, birds and other marine life

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sea turtles, marine birds and children under 7 will be protected under a new Florida law that bans the intentional release of balloons. The law, signed by Republican Gov.
First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast

First Nations, Ottawa, B.C., announce $335M for protection off Great Bear coast

VANCOUVER — A new financing initiative for 17 First Nations in British Columbia is set to expand protection for marine ecosystems off the coast of the Great Bear Rainforest.
Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contrib
A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

A Vatican Radio territory in north Rome once blamed for electro-smog will become a solar farm

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis decreed Wednesday that an area of northern Rome, long the source of controversy because of electromagnetic waves emitted by Vatican Radio towers there, will now house a field of solar panels to fuel Vatican City.
Swiss inspect the damage after sudden storms flood roads, halt air traffic in Geneva

Swiss inspect the damage after sudden storms flood roads, halt air traffic in Geneva

GENEVA (AP) — Clean-up crews and business owners were inspecting the damage Wednesday after sudden storms lashed southwestern Switzerland the previous night, sending torrents of water through roads and temporarily halting air traffic at Geneva's airp
Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

Water-rich Gila River tribe near Phoenix flexes its political muscles in a drying West

SACATON, Arizona (AP) — Stephen Roe Lewis grew up seeing stacks of legal briefs at the dinner table — often, about his tribe's water.
Gusty winds help spread fast growing central Oregon wildfire and prompt evacuations

Gusty winds help spread fast growing central Oregon wildfire and prompt evacuations

LA PINE, Oregon (AP) — Gusty winds fueled a rapidly growing wildfire just outside the central Oregon community of La Pine and prompted evacuations Tuesday. The fire was estimated to be 2.7 square miles (6.
Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest

Iowa floodwaters breach levees as even more rain dumps onto parts of the Midwest

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Tornado warnings, flash flooding and large hail added insult to injury for people in the Midwest already contending with heat, humidity and intense flooding after days of rain.
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