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Biden restores endangered species protections rejected by Trump

Biden restores endangered species protections rejected by Trump

BILLINS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday recovered rules to protect endangered plants and animals that were pushed back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will restore a decades-old regulation that mandates full protections for species recently classified as threatened. This means that officials will …

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Kayakers paddle into Death Valley after rains fill the lake

Kayakers paddle into Death Valley after rains fill the lake

DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Kayakers paddled into one of the driest places on Earth after a series of record-breaking rainstorms hit California’s Death Valley and filled Lake Manley. Park ranger Nicole Andler said Badwater Basin in Death Valley National Park, which straddles part of the central California-Nevada border, “is usually a very …

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Hundreds of people are missing as the death toll from Chile’s wildfires rises to 123

Hundreds of people are missing as the death toll from Chile’s wildfires rises to 123

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile scrambled to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods ravaged by forest fires over the past few days as officials put the death toll at 123. Hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. The fires appeared to have subsided by Monday morning after burning …

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Paris is voting on whether to slap SUVs with impressive parking costs in the last green drive before the Olympics

Paris is voting on whether to slap SUVs with impressive parking costs in the last green drive before the Olympics

PARIS (AP) — Parisians voted Sunday on whether to remove SUVs from the streets of the French capital, making them much more expensive to park, the latest part of Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s campaign to make the city host to this year’s Olympics greener and friendlier for pedestrians and cyclists. Hidalgo is seeking voter support …

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Asia Society highlights 10 likely trends in China in 2024

Asia Society highlights 10 likely trends in China in 2024

weighs on China’s economic growth. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE / AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images China faced economic hardship, high-level purges, social discontent, extreme weather and a deteriorating geopolitical environment in 2023, but things are unlikely to improve “much” in 2024, according to a new report …

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Small farmers affected by extreme weather conditions can get help from the proposed insurance program

Small farmers affected by extreme weather conditions can get help from the proposed insurance program

MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) – From catastrophic floods hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to survive next season. The water washes away seeds planted this summer at Bear Roots Farm, which grows about 20 acres (8 hectares) of mostly root vegetables at high altitude. Farmers and co-owners …

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Small farmers affected by extreme weather conditions can get help from the proposed insurance program

Small farmers affected by extreme weather conditions can get help from the proposed insurance program

MIDDLESEX, Vt. – Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and uprooted crops, some farmers have been trying to figure out how to survive next season. The water washes away seeds planted this summer at Bear Roots Farm, which grows about 20 acres (8 hectares) of mostly root vegetables at high altitude. Farmers and co-owners …

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CA law needs to adapt to address climate-induced insurance crisis

CA law needs to adapt to address climate-induced insurance crisis

OPINION AND COMMENTARY Editorials and other opinion content offer perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom reporters. The Camp Fire raged in the town of Paradise in Butte County on November 8, 2018. The blaze was moving faster than firefighters could respond to it. Eight or …

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Iowa blizzard: Winter blast could worsen unrepresentative way to pick nominees

Iowa blizzard: Winter blast could worsen unrepresentative way to pick nominees

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Most Iowans won’t be out Monday night. It doesn’t matter that it is forecast to be well below zerowith wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees and roads may still be icy from a series of snowstorms that hit the state last week. Because they are not registered with …

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