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Cambridge continues Boat Race dominance with double victory over Oxford

Cambridge continues Boat Race dominance with double victory over Oxford

LONDON (AP) — Cambridge extended its dominant run in the annual Boat Race with victories in the men’s and women’s events on a polluted River Thames on Saturday.

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that comes as global instability and growing demand drive uranium prices higher.
Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

Uranium is being mined near the Grand Canyon as prices soar and the US pushes for more nuclear power

The largest uranium producer in the United States is ramping up work just south of Grand Canyon National Park on a long-contested project that largely has sat dormant since the 1980s.
Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

Study says since 1979 climate change has made heat waves last longer, spike hotter, hurt more people

Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a longer time with higher temperatures over larger areas, a new study finds.

US judge in Nevada hands wild horse advocates rare victory in ruling on mustang management plans

RENO, Nev. (AP) — In a rare legal victory for wild horse advocates, a judge has ruled U.S.
Fisheries officials monitoring orphaned orca calf in lagoon off Vancouver Island

Fisheries officials monitoring orphaned orca calf in lagoon off Vancouver Island

ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Efforts to coax an orphaned whale calf out of a lagoon off Vancouver Island have been paused and fisheries officials are now monitoring the animal from afar until the tidal situation improves, Fisheries and Oceans Canada says.
Endangered North Atlantic right whales lose three of 19 calves this season

Endangered North Atlantic right whales lose three of 19 calves this season

FREDERICTON — An international environmental organization is calling on the federal government to step up protections for endangered North Atlantic right whales beyond the 2023 measures it's opting to repeat this year, noting birth rates are already
Canada's coal exports up again in 2023 as government's promised ban elusive

Canada's coal exports up again in 2023 as government's promised ban elusive

OTTAWA — Canadian exports of thermal coal increased another seven per cent last year, reaching the highest level in almost a decade.

Robot disguised as a coyote or fox will scare wildlife away from runways at Alaska airport

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds and other wildlife at Alaska's second largest airport, a state agency said.
EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses in bid to fight climate change

EPA sets strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses in bid to fight climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday set strict emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks, buses and other large vehicles, an action that officials said will help clean up some of the nation's largest sources of planet-warm