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'The safest option': Calgary takes action to protect homeless during frigid weather

'The safest option': Calgary takes action to protect homeless during frigid weather

CALGARY — The City of Calgary has announced plans to help keep homeless people safe during extreme cold weather. The city has plunged into a deep freeze with a daytime high of -29 C expected on Friday.
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Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse

Climate change is shrinking snowpack in many places, study shows. And it will get worse

DENVER (AP) — River basins around the world that were once regularly snowbound are increasingly seeing their snowpack shrink and climate change is to blame, a new study found.
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AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

AI-powered misinformation is the world's biggest short-term threat, Davos report says

LONDON (AP) — False and misleading information supercharged with cutting-edge artificial intelligence that threatens to erode democracy and polarize society is the top immediate risk to the global economy, the World Economic Forum said in a report We
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For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planet

For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planet

NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies, governments and communities , but individuals have a role to play, too. Little things make a difference, and feel good too.
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Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal, new report says

Carbon pollution is down in the US, but not fast enough to meet Biden's 2030 goal, new report says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip, a new report finds.
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5 people trapped in a cave for 2 days by high water rescued in Slovenia

5 people trapped in a cave for 2 days by high water rescued in Slovenia

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia's rescuers on Monday successfully extracted five people who had been trapped in a cave for more than two days because of high water levels.
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Nearly 200 cows and horses stuck on a Serbian river island in cold weather are being rescued

Nearly 200 cows and horses stuck on a Serbian river island in cold weather are being rescued

GARDINOVCI, Serbia (AP) — Serbian authorities on Tuesday started evacuating nearly 200 animals that have been stranded on a river island for weeks and were facing hunger and cold as temperatures dropped.
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Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says

Earth shattered global heat record in '23 and it's flirting with warming limit, European agency says

Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday.
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Hottest year ever, what can be done? Plenty: more renewables and nuclear, less methane and meat

Hottest year ever, what can be done? Plenty: more renewables and nuclear, less methane and meat

Whenever there is bad news about climate change, people ask: What can be done? Tuesday's news, that 2023 shattered annual heat records, will likely prompt such questions. The European climate agency said average global temperatures were 1.
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External corrosion caused Alberta pipeline rupture, fire: Transportation Safety Board

External corrosion caused Alberta pipeline rupture, fire: Transportation Safety Board

EDMONTON — The Transportation Safety Board says external corrosion led to a natural gas pipeline rupture that caused an explosion near a small northwestern Alberta community.
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