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Facts about hail, the icy precipitation often encountered in spring and summer

Facts about hail, the icy precipitation often encountered in spring and summer

Intense storms swept through Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday and brought whipping winds, possible tornadoes, and what some described as “gorilla hail.
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Storm carrying massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri

Storm carrying massive 'gorilla hail' hits parts of Kansas and Missouri

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Massive chunks of hail pelted parts of Kansas and Missouri on Wednesday night, bringing traffic to a standstill along Interstate 70, as storms unleashed possible tornadoes and meteorologists urged residents to stay indoors.
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Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats

Interior Department will give tribal nations $120 million to fight climate-related threats

The Biden administration will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change , the Department of the Interior announced Thursday.
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Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin

Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin

Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic.
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Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves

Montana man used animal tissue and testicles to breed 'giant' sheep for sale to hunting preserves

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana rancher illegally used tissue and testicles from wild sheep killed by hunters in central Asia and the U.S.
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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert.
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Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

Native groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth

TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along a bone-dry riverbed, guiding a herd of llamas and sheep through stretching desert.
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Federal judge finds Flint, Michigan, in contempt over lead water pipe crisis

FLINT, Mich.
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Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

EDMONTON — Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the province's booming renewables industry poses little threat to its agriculture or the environment.
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Nightfall once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows

Nightfall once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows

Jason Brolund, the fire chief in West Kelowna, B.C., says he's seen thick smoke turn day to night in his years as a firefighter, but the opposite happened when a fast-moving blaze tore through his community one night last August.
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