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For 3rd straight year, no improvement in Earth's projected warming

For 3rd straight year, no improvement in Earth's projected warming

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — For the third straight year, efforts to fight climate change haven't lowered projections for how hot the world is likely to get — and recent developments in China and the United States are likely to slightly worsen the outlook
China's president will unveil a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out

China's president will unveil a megaport in Peru, but locals say they're being left out

CHANCAY, Peru (AP) — On the edge of Peru’s coastal desert, a remote fishing town where a third of all residents have no running water is being transformed into a huge deep-water port to cash in on the inexorable rise of Chinese interest in resource-r
An overwhelmed Philippines braces for another typhoon, the fifth major storm to hit in three weeks

An overwhelmed Philippines braces for another typhoon, the fifth major storm to hit in three weeks

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The fifth major storm in three weeks approached the Philippines on Thursday, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations request for emergency funds to help the government ease the plight of hard-hit villager
Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

CHIPINGE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Gertrude Siduna appears to have little appetite for corn farming season.
Swiss villagers pack up for evacuation over fears of another rockslide

Swiss villagers pack up for evacuation over fears of another rockslide

GENEVA (AP) — Families in a tiny Swiss village were packing up Wednesday after authorities issued an evacuation order with a weekend deadline because of the threat of a possible rockslide from an Alpine mountainside overhead.
Abbotsford, B.C., man pleads guilty to trafficking in black bear paws

Abbotsford, B.C., man pleads guilty to trafficking in black bear paws

PORT COQUITLAM, B.C. — British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says a man from Abbotsford, B.C., has pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in black bear paws.
New storms and flooding threaten Spain's hard-hit Valencia again

New storms and flooding threaten Spain's hard-hit Valencia again

MADRID (AP) — New storms in Spain caused school closures and train cancellations on Wednesday, two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than 220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.
At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

At UN climate talks, nations big and small get chance to bear witness to climate change

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — More than two dozen world leaders delivered remarks at the United Nations' annual climate conference Wednesday, with many hard-hit nations detailing their nations' firsthand experience with the catastrophic weather that has co
What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?

What do you do when a goose dies in your backyard, amid concerns about avian flu?

Carolyn Law didn't think much of it when a snow goose landed in her Richmond, B.C., backyard, on Halloween. But hours later it had barely moved. Then it started bobbing its head repeatedly.
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