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Ontario seeks more wind, solar power after cancelling green energy deals

Ontario seeks more wind, solar power after cancelling green energy deals

TORONTO — Ontario's electricity system operator is planning to seek out more wind and solar power, five years after the Progressive Conservative government cancelled a slew of renewable energy contracts.
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Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem

Endangered species list grows by 2,000. Climate change is part of the problem

Climate change is worsening the planet's biodiversity crises, making environments more deadly for thousands of species and accelerating the precipitous decline in the number of plants and animals on Earth, according to an international organization t
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Waste Connections buying $1.08B in assets from Secure Energy Services

Waste Connections buying $1.08B in assets from Secure Energy Services

TORONTO — Waste Connections Inc. has signed a deal to buy a portfolio of 30 energy waste treatment and disposal facilities in Western Canada from Secure Energy Services Inc. for nearly $1.08 billion.
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Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

DENVER, Colo. (AP) — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don't want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state.
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Work to resume at Tahiti's legendary Olympic surfing site after uproar over damage to coral reef

Work to resume at Tahiti's legendary Olympic surfing site after uproar over damage to coral reef

PARIS (AP) — Organizers of the Paris Olympics say work will resume this week to prepare the surfing venue in Tahiti, after an uproar over damage to a coral reef put efforts on hold.
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Agreeing to agree: Everyone must come to consensus at COP28 climate talks, toughening the process

Agreeing to agree: Everyone must come to consensus at COP28 climate talks, toughening the process

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — It’s the killer detail in international climate talks : Consensus.
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Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, UN food agency says

BANGKOK (AP) — Hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia, with 55 million more people undernourished in 2022 than before the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says in its latest assessment of food security in the region.
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In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires

In Halifax, a call to promote old-growth forests as a guard against future wildfires

HALIFAX — As he stands near a Nova Scotia forest with soaring 150-year-old trees, Mike Lancaster sees a natural, long-term solution to the threat wildfires pose to city dwellers. The director of the St.
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Preserving grasslands is good for the planet, ranchers say — and they want to be paid

Preserving grasslands is good for the planet, ranchers say — and they want to be paid

CALGARY — Fed up with taking heat for their industry's carbon footprint, Canadian ranchers say it's time for government to step up and fund a solution that will reduce emissions while also preserving one of earth's most threatened ecosystems.
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Climate change battering municipal finances across Canada

Climate change battering municipal finances across Canada

MONTREAL — The hamlet of Gore, Que., had the foresight to start preparing for more intense annual flooding due to climate change a decade ago.
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