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No set deadline for company's cleanup plan for shuttered Nova Scotia mill: minister

No set deadline for company's cleanup plan for shuttered Nova Scotia mill: minister

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s environment minister said Thursday there is no set deadline for Northern Pulp to submit a cleanup plan for its shuttered mill site near Pictou, N.S.
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Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

Peru seizes record 4-ton mercury shipment in fight against illegal gold mining

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Peruvian customs officials have seized a record-breaking shipment of illegal mercury , exposing a cross-border smuggling network that is fueling one of the Amazon’s most destructive criminal economies: illicit gold mining.
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Takeaways from AP's report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

Takeaways from AP's report on water quality and safety at US mobile home parks

More than 50 years after the Safe Drinking Water Act was passed to assure Americans of safe water, millions of people living in mobile home parks can't always count on those basic protections.
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Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation

Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay $1 billion in compensation to the island nation’s government for causing the most severe marine env
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Leaping sturgeon provide a show for nature lovers on Maine rivers

Leaping sturgeon provide a show for nature lovers on Maine rivers

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Kennebec River in Maine's capital city of Augusta is known for its population of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon. The fish sometimes leap completely from the water, as at least one did on Wednesday.
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Zookeepers in Prague turn into puppeteers to save baby vultures

Zookeepers in Prague turn into puppeteers to save baby vultures

PRAGUE (AP) — Zookeepers in Prague sometimes have to become puppeteers to save newborn birds rejected by their parents. This was the case for a lesser yellow-headed vulture chick hatched three weeks ago.
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For millions in US mobile home parks, clean and safe tap water isn’t a given

For millions in US mobile home parks, clean and safe tap water isn’t a given

The worst water Colt Smith has seen in 14 years with Utah’s Division of Drinking Water was at a mobile home park, where residents had been drinking it for years before state officials discovered the contamination.
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Uruguay confronts a powerful new threat to its palm trees: A tiny red bug

Uruguay confronts a powerful new threat to its palm trees: A tiny red bug

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Palm trees in Uruguay are more than just plants, they are icons, much like olive groves for Greeks or cherry blossoms for the Japanese.
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UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court in a landmark advisory opinion Wednesday said countries could be in violation of international law if they fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change , and nations harme
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8 who died when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe were not wearing life vests, investigators say

8 who died when boat capsized on Lake Tahoe were not wearing life vests, investigators say

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — None of the eight people killed when a boat capsized during a sudden and fierce storm last month on Lake Tahoe in California were wearing life vests, federal investigators said in an initial report released Wednesday.
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