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Midwest winters are changing. So is the ancient sport of falconry

Midwest winters are changing. So is the ancient sport of falconry

GREENLEAF, Wis. (AP) — Stephanie Stevens has a good reason to love the bone-numbing cold of a Wisconsin winter. Every weekend, she loads up her minivan with a large green box and drives out to rural areas, usually the edges of friends' farm fields.
UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature

UN talks end in Rome with nations backing $200 billion a year plan to protect nature

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Global negotiators concluded an extended session of the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP16, with key commitments on funds needed and the institutions through which the funds will be channeled to protect the world's
Morocco urges people to not buy sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations

Morocco urges people to not buy sheep for Eid al-Adha celebrations

OULAD SLAMA, Morocco (AP) — Sheep come running when Larbi El Ghazouani pours alfalfa and straw into their troughs twice a day.
Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts

Hundreds of weather forecasters fired in latest wave of DOGE cuts

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of weather forecasters and other federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration employees on probationary status were fired Thursday, lawmakers and weather experts said.
Congress votes to kill Biden-era methane fee on oil and gas producers

Congress votes to kill Biden-era methane fee on oil and gas producers

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Congress has voted to repeal a federal fee on oil and gas producers who release high levels of methane , undoing a major piece of former President Joe Biden's climate policy aimed at controlling the planet-
B.C. to require Canadian-made biofuels to meet standards for gas, diesel

B.C. to require Canadian-made biofuels to meet standards for gas, diesel

British Columbia is set to require Canadian products to fulfil renewable fuel standards for gasoline and diesel, a move Energy Minister Adrian Dix said was aimed at building a "cleaner, stronger and more self-reliant" province. Dix said B.C.
EPA backtracks on Trump comment about cutting staff by 65% but says major spending cuts are coming

EPA backtracks on Trump comment about cutting staff by 65% but says major spending cuts are coming

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite a comment by President Donald Trump , the Environmental Protection Agency does not plan to reduce its staff by 65%, the White House and the agency said Thursday, though major budget cuts are likely.
Scientists scorn EPA push to say climate change isn't a danger, say just look around at the world

Scientists scorn EPA push to say climate change isn't a danger, say just look around at the world

WASHINGTON (AP) — As President Donald Trump's administration looks to reverse a cornerstone finding that climate change endangers human health and welfare, scientists say they just need to look around because it's obvious how bad global warming is an
Ottawa announces $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Arctic

Ottawa announces $270-million agreement for Inuit-led conservation efforts in Arctic

MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a $270-million agreement for jobs and conservation projects in the Qikiqtani region, a majority-Inuit territory that is part of Nunavut.
New England ocean warming slows but temperatures remain high

New England ocean warming slows but temperatures remain high

SCARBOROUGH, Maine (AP) — The waters off New England had another warm year but didn't heat up as fast as earlier this decade, bucking a trend of higher warming worldwide , said scientists who study the Atlantic Ocean near Maine.
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