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Tribes and conservationists urge US appeals court to block Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine

Tribes and conservationists urge US appeals court to block Biden-backed Nevada lithium mine

RENO, Nev. (AP) 鈥� Lawyers for environmentalists and tribes urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to overturn a judge's decision to allow construction to begin on a huge lithium mine in Nevada.
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Billions are being spent to turn the tide on the US West's wildfires. It won't be enough

Billions are being spent to turn the tide on the US West's wildfires. It won't be enough

DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S.
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Expanded restrictions in Vancouver to stop spread of damaging Japanese beetle

Expanded restrictions in Vancouver to stop spread of damaging Japanese beetle

VANCOUVER 鈥� It's flying season for the Japanese beetle, which has prompted expanded restrictions on soil and plants in Vancouver that cover much of the city.
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Uganda activists file new Paris case over TotalEnergies' East Africa oil pipeline project

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) 鈥� Ugandan activists brought another legal case Tuesday against French oil giant TotalEnergies , seeking damages over alleged food and land rights violations in the company's East Africa operations.
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US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places

US push to lower wildfire risk across the West stumbles in places

DOWNIEVILLE, Calif. (AP) 鈥� Using chainsaws, heavy machinery and controlled burns, the Biden administration is trying to turn the tide on worsening wildfires in the U.S.
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Georgia governor attacks Biden's electric vehicle policy at federally-backed battery material maker

Georgia governor attacks Biden's electric vehicle policy at federally-backed battery material maker

ATLANTA (AP) 鈥� Georgia Gov.
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A heat wave in Texas is forecast to spread scorching temperatures to the north and east

A heat wave in Texas is forecast to spread scorching temperatures to the north and east

DALLAS (AP) 鈥� Scorching temperatures brought on by a 鈥渉eat dome鈥� have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S.
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A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

A scientist's 4-decade quest to save the biggest monkey in the Americas

CARATINGA, Brazil (AP) 鈥� The emerald-green canopy shifts and rustles as a troop of willowy, golden-gray monkeys slides through a tropical ecosystem more threatened than the Amazon.
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EU faces a cliffhanger climate vote after its parliament emerged deadlocked on a key nature bill

EU faces a cliffhanger climate vote after its parliament emerged deadlocked on a key nature bill

BRUSSELS (AP) 鈥� The European Union is facing a cliffhanger vote next month that will test its global climate and environmental credentials, after its parliament was again deadlocked on pushing a nature restoration bill onwards on Tuesday.
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4 dead, 900 evacuated after landslides triggered by flash floods in southwest China

4 dead, 900 evacuated after landslides triggered by flash floods in southwest China

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) 鈥� Four people died and three others were missing after landslides hit a county in China鈥檚 southwestern Sichuan province on Tuesday, leading authorities to evacuate more than 900 people.
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