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Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost
OTTAWA — Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to co
May 8, 2024 7:35 PM
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Upper Nicola Band building community centre finds human remains, halts construction
QUILCHENA, B.C. — The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.'s southern Interior says construction crews building a new community centre have discovered human remains.
May 8, 2024 5:29 PM
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96.
May 8, 2024 5:00 PM
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US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn't comply with federal law.
May 8, 2024 4:49 PM
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Beyond Meat urges investors to look past bumpy Q1, says new US burger could reignite sales
Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat urged investors to look past its mixed first quarter results Wednesday, saying a new, healthier burger hitting U.S. shelves now will help reignite weak sales.
May 8, 2024 4:45 PM
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What is a tornado emergency and how is it different from a warning or a watch?
DETROIT (AP) — The first-ever tornado emergency in Michigan was issued Tuesday, one of many called across the country in recent weeks as severe weather tears through states in the Plains and Midwest.
May 8, 2024 4:32 PM
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South Carolina Senate turns wide-ranging energy bill into resolution supporting more power
COLUMBIA, S.C.
May 8, 2024 3:12 PM
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Crowd rallies in front of Nova Scotia legislature for coastal protection legislation
HALIFAX — A large crowd gathered in front of the Nova Scotia legislature Wednesday, calling on the provincial government to revive abandoned legislation to protect the province's 13,000 kilometres of shoreline.
May 8, 2024 1:52 PM
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More and faster: Electricity from clean sources reaches 30% of global total
Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don't emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane — according to a report published Wednes
May 8, 2024 12:04 PM
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High school students, frustrated by lack of climate education, press for change
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Several dozen young people wearing light blue T-shirts imprinted with #teachclimate filled a hearing room in the Minnesota Capitol in St. Paul in late February.
May 8, 2024 7:33 AM
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