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UAE's president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks

UAE's president-designate for UN COP28 offers full-throated defense of nation hosting climate talks

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those “just go on the attack without know
New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected

New York stunned and swamped by record-breaking rainfall as more downpours are expected

NEW YORK (AP) — One of New York's wettest days in decades left the metropolitan area stunned and swamped Friday after heavy rainfall knocked out several subway and commuter rail lines, stranded drivers on highways, flooded basements and shuttered a t
Prince George, B.C. Mounties urge people not to feed coyotes after 6 attacks

Prince George, B.C. Mounties urge people not to feed coyotes after 6 attacks

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Prince George Conservation and RCMP officers are “actively investigating” six separate coyote attacks within a week in the city.
Louisiana citrus farmers are seeing a mass influx of salt water that could threaten seedlings

Louisiana citrus farmers are seeing a mass influx of salt water that could threaten seedlings

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Commercial citrus growers have dwindled over the past few decades in south Louisiana, where farmers have had to battle hurricanes, flooding, invasive insects, freezes and drought to keep their groves alive.
Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without `significant' help, study says

Endangered red wolf can make it in the wild, but not without `significant' help, study says

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday. The U.S.
Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels

Storm eases in Greece but flood risk remains high amid rising river levels

VOLOS, Greece (AP) — Bad weather eased in central Greece on Friday leaving widespread flooding and infrastructure damage across the farming region that has been battered by two powerful storms in less than a month.
US' only bison roundup rustles up hundreds to maintain health of the species

US' only bison roundup rustles up hundreds to maintain health of the species

South Dakota cowboys and cowgirls rounded up a herd of more than 1,500 bison Friday as part of an annual effort to maintain the health of the species, which has rebounded from near-extinction .
Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down

Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down

PHOENIX (AP) — Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this weekend, the Department of Interior said Friday.
Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault

Clean electricity regs can be tweaked, but no special deal for Alberta: Guilbeault

OTTAWA — There will be no special treatment for Alberta when it comes to Canada's incoming regulations to make electricity cleaner, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Friday.
New Brunswick group drops attempt to eradicate invasive fish in Miramichi watershed

New Brunswick group drops attempt to eradicate invasive fish in Miramichi watershed

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — A group that used a pesticide to rid New Brunswick’s Miramichi watershed of invasive smallmouth bass has stopped the program after years of controversy over the strategy.
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