Hurricane season that saw storms from California to Nova Scotia ends Thursday
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A busy hurricane season that saw the National Hurricane Center in Miami issue the first-ever tropical
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Climate and environment
Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC under plan to raise funds for mass transit
NEW YORK — Most drivers would pay $15 to enter Manhattan’s central business district under a plan released by New
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Wolverines threatened with extinction as climate change melts their snowy refuges: US
BILLINGS, Mont. — The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday
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Young activists who won Montana climate case want to stop power plant on Yellowstone River
HELENA, Mont. — Fresh off a legal victory earlier this year in a landmark climate change case, a group of
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Chemical firms to pay $110 million to Ohio to settle claims over releases of ‘forever chemicals’
DOVER, Del. — The DuPont Co. and two spin-off firms will pay $110 million to the state of Ohio to
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Lawsuit alleges negligence in train derailment and chemical fire that forced residents from homes
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A lawsuit filed Wednesday in federal court alleges negligence by CSX Transportation caused a train derailment and
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Proposed NewRange copper-nickel mine in Minnesota suffers fresh setback on top of years of delays
MINNEAPOLIS — The proposed NewRange Copper Nickel mine in northeastern Minnesota suffered a fresh setback this week when an administrative
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Biden targeting GOP’s Boebert in fresh political attack on Republicans
DENVER — President Joe Biden will try to turn Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado into the embodiment of Republican opposition
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Massachusetts unveils new strategy to help coastal communities cope with climate change
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey unveiled a new strategy Tuesday that she said will help the state’s 78 coastal
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Georgia’s state taxes at fuel pumps to resume as Brian Kemp’s tax break ends, at least for now
Georgia drivers are likely to begin paying higher prices for gasoline and diesel as state motor fuel taxes return on
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