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EU offers to delay new deforestation rules after an outcry from governments and farmers

EU offers to delay new deforestation rules after an outcry from governments and farmers

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday offered to delay by a year the introduction of new rules that would outlaw the sale of products that come from forests following an outcry from several governments claiming that it will damage trade and
Greenland court extends anti-whaling activist's time in custody as Japan seeks his extradition

Greenland court extends anti-whaling activist's time in custody as Japan seeks his extradition

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland ruled Wednesday that anti-whaling campaigner Paul Watson must remain in detention until Oct. 23 to ensure his presence in connection with a decision by Denmark’s justice ministry on extradition.
Typhoon bringing heavy rain slowly heads toward Taiwan, where 4,000 have evacuated

Typhoon bringing heavy rain slowly heads toward Taiwan, where 4,000 have evacuated

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan (AP) — A typhoon bringing strong winds and torrential rainfall slowly advanced Wednesday toward Taiwan, where thousands of people have been evacuated from vulnerable low-lying or mountainous terrain.
Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant

Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts after an attack killed 1 contestant

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Let the chunk-off begin.
11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued

11 workers at a Tennessee factory were swept away in Hurricane Helene flooding. Only 5 were rescued

As the rain from Hurricane Helene came down harder and harder, workers inside a plastics factory in rural Tennessee kept working.
Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

Push to map Great Lakes bottom gains momentum amid promises effort will help fishing and shipping

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Jennifer Boehme grew up scouting beaches around her home in St. Petersburg, Florida, for whatever she could find. Rocks, sand dollars, coquina mollusks — anything the ocean gave up.
Biden estimates recovery could cost billions ahead of visit to Helene-raved Carolinas

Biden estimates recovery could cost billions ahead of visit to Helene-raved Carolinas

SWANNANOA, N.C.
Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation

Countries, businesses and trade officials urge EU to rethink deforestation regulation

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A growing number of governments, international trade organizations and businesses are urging the European Union to reconsider a deforestation regulation set to take effect in December.
Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

ON HUDSON BAY (AP) — Playful large white beluga whales bring joy and healing to Hudson Bay.
The Latest: Kirk becomes a hurricane as North Carolina reels from Helene

The Latest: Kirk becomes a hurricane as North Carolina reels from Helene

Desperate residents of the storm-battered mountains of western North Carolina lined up for water and food, hunted for cellphone signals and slogged buckets from creeks to flush toilets days after Hurricane Helene’s remnants deluged the region.
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