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Rain, snowfall reduce risk of wildfires in California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A turn to wet weather has blunted an already moderate wildfire season in California but some risk remains as changing climate has made a rainy fall no guarantee of a stormy winter.
Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050

Climate conference hears loss of Arctic summer sea ice now inevitable by 2050

A new report from dozens of international scientists says it's inevitable the Arctic will lose its entire summer sea cover at least once over the next generation and probably a lot more often than that.
Ottawa residents struggle to claim insurance for derecho damages as winter approaches

Ottawa residents struggle to claim insurance for derecho damages as winter approaches

OTTAWA — Most people in Ontario and Quebec quickly moved on from the mayhem caused by a major windstorm that pummeled the country's most populated corridor in May. Linda Leger is not one of them.
Live updates | Climate Summit

Live updates | Climate Summit

The Latest on COP27, this year's annual UN summit on climate change.
Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections

Presidential push: Biden, Obama, Trump stump before Tuesday's midterm elections

WASHINGTON — Presidents past and present are making one last campaign push — one side pleading for votes, the other predicting big wins — as the tumultuous 2022 U.S. midterm election caravan finally nears the election-day finish line.
Greek PM: Gas exploration to start off Crete in coming days

Greek PM: Gas exploration to start off Crete in coming days

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Exxon Mobil is poised to start a delayed gas prospecting project off southwestern Greece, the country's leader said Monday amid tensions between Greece and Turkey over offshore rights and as Europe seeks alternative energy sourc
Greenbelt housing needed due to rising immigration: Premier Ford

Greenbelt housing needed due to rising immigration: Premier Ford

TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is justifying his proposal to remove land from the environmentally protected Greenbelt in order to build homes, saying the housing crisis has worsened and will become more dire because of increased immigration.
US: Protect Louisiana, Texas land for rare burrowing snake

US: Protect Louisiana, Texas land for rare burrowing snake

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Four areas in Louisiana and two in Texas should be protected as critical habitat for a rare snake that eats pocket gophers and takes over the rodents' burrows, the federal government says.
Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27

Takeaways: Calls for reparations, emissions cuts at COP27

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The first full day of the year's most important summit on climate change, known as COP27, got underway on Monday with urgent calls by leaders to slash greenhouse gas emissions as the planet warms and severe weather event
Arctic chill, more snow for parts of B.C., following powerful weekend storm

Arctic chill, more snow for parts of B.C., following powerful weekend storm

VANCOUVER — Repair crews have made progress restoring electricity to the hundreds of thousands of British Columbia homes that were blacked out during powerful weekend storms, but Environment Canada says snow and wind remain factors.
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