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How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it's key to saving lives, experts say

How to adapt to climate change may be secondary at COP28, but it's key to saving lives, experts say

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that's already here.
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Nunavut TV channel, The Weather Network deliver forecasts in Inuktut languages

Nunavut TV channel, The Weather Network deliver forecasts in Inuktut languages

Inuit Nunangat, the four regions comprising the Inuit homeland in Canada, is home to some of the country's harshest climates.
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As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'

As fossil fuel execs descend on U.N. climate summit, some ask 'what are COPs about?'

TORONTO — The world’s major climate negotiations risk turning into a trade show spectacle of unchecked corporate influence, some observers warn, as a record number of delegates representing fossil fuel interests descend on the United Nations climate
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Indonesia's youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive

Indonesia's youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive

BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle toward piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their kayaks, before passing it to friends sorting it onshore.
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Drought vs deluge: Florida's unusual rainfall totals either too little or too much on each coast

Drought vs deluge: Florida's unusual rainfall totals either too little or too much on each coast

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — In Florida, this year has been a tale of two states as far as rainfall totals, with the southeast coast deluged by sometimes-record rainfall and much of the Gulf of Mexico coast facing a drought.
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Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish

Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental watchdogs accused a Mexico-based startup Thursday of violating international trade law by selling a health supplement made from endangered totoaba fish to several countries including the U.S. and China.
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Wyoming holds off on auctioning huge piece of pristine land inside Grand Teton

Wyoming holds off on auctioning huge piece of pristine land inside Grand Teton

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming's governor and other top leaders decided Thursday to hold off on auctioning a big chunk of state-owned land within Grand Teton National Park, choosing instead to continue negotiations with the U.S.
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New AFN chief 'absolutely' supports Ontario chiefs in push for carbon price review

New AFN chief 'absolutely' supports Ontario chiefs in push for carbon price review

OTTAWA — The incoming leader of the Assembly of First Nations says she'll back demands by chiefs in Ontario for a judicial review of Canada's carbon price.
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Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid

Decades after Europe, turning blades send first commercial offshore wind power onto US grid

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Despite some recent financial setbacks, U.S. offshore windpower has hit a milestone.
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Paris 2024 chief pledges to find solutions to keep Olympic surfing in Tahiti after coral damage

Paris 2024 chief pledges to find solutions to keep Olympic surfing in Tahiti after coral damage

The Paris 2024 organizing committee president said Thursday he still wants the surfing competition at next year’s Olympics to take place in Tahiti despite the controversy surrounding the construction of the judging tower at the site, where coral has
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