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Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash

Scotland’s leader is facing a potential battle for survival after ending a three-year power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party following a clash over climate change policies

Scottish leader faces battle for survival after ending power-sharing deal over climate change clash
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Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it

For decades, big-box retailers have evaded federal regulation of the pollution their operations generate. But a new air emission rule in Southern California could become a model for state controls.

Large retailers don’t have smokestacks, but they generate a lot of pollution − and states are starting to regulate it
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Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa

Tanzania's prime minister says flooding caused by weeks of heavy rain has killed 155 people and affected more than 200,000 others

Flooding in Tanzania has killed 155 people as heavy rains continue in Eastern Africa
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Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens

Kenya's military was deployed on Thursday to rescue victims of heavy rains that have killed dozens of people across East Africa over the past month.

Kenyan military deployed as East Africa floods kill dozens
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A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year

Authorities in Finland say a Chinese container ship remains the focus of an investigation into what caused damage last year to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline between NATO members Finland and Estonia

A Chinese ship remains the focus of the investigation into Baltic Sea gas pipeline damaged last year
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Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier

A new report says circumstantial evidence points to climate change as worsening the deadly deluge that flooded Dubai and surroundings

Study says it's likely a warmer world made deadly Dubai downpours heavier
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Record $8.8 billion pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1

European and American investors showed converse interest in sustainable funds during the first quarter, research firm Morningstar said on Thursday, with a record $8.8

Record $8.8 billion pulled from US sustainable funds in Q1
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Mining giant BHP Billiton makes $39 billion bid for Anglo American to expand copper operations

Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American have surged after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39 billion) takeover bid from rival BHP Billiton

Mining giant BHP Billiton makes $39 billion bid for Anglo American to expand copper operations
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Frustrated with Brazil's Lula, Indigenous peoples march to demand land recognition

Thousands of Indigenous people, frustrated with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are marching in Brazil's capital to demand official recognition of lands they live on

Frustrated with Brazil's Lula, Indigenous peoples march to demand land recognition
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How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers
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The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region of Washington

The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to an area of northwest and north-central Washington

The federal government plans to restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region of Washington
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Fed plan to rebuild Pacific sardine population was insufficient, California judge finds

A judge says a plan by federal agencies to rebuild the sardine population in the Pacific was not properly implemented and failed to prevent overfishing

Fed plan to rebuild Pacific sardine population was insufficient, California judge finds
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Colombia's Chiribiquete park to receive $1 million annually for at least 30 years

Colombia's parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete

Colombia's Chiribiquete park to receive $1 million annually for at least 30 years
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Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe's largest reef. This is offering scientists hope

A lab in a Dutch zoo has presented special corals that bred themselves and nestled them in Europe's largest coral reef

Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe's largest reef. This is offering scientists hope
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Under-pressure Scottish leader cancels major speech as confidence vote in his government looms

Scotland’s leader has cancelled a speech as he fights for his political life in the wake of his decision to pull the plug on a three-year power-sharing agreement

Under-pressure Scottish leader cancels major speech as confidence vote in his government looms
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COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments

Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, the country's president said on Friday, noting

COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments
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UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza
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Brazil's central bank chief says no mechanical relationship between uncertainties and policy

Brazil's central bank chief said on Friday that the environment of greater uncertainties does not have a mechanical relationship with the conduct of monetary

Brazil's central bank chief says no mechanical relationship between uncertainties and policy
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Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs

A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as the twister tore for miles along farmland and into subdivisions

Tornado tears through Nebraska, causing severe damage in Omaha suburbs
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Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa

A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions

Tornadoes collapse buildings and level homes in Nebraska and Iowa
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Haiti transitional government to vote for president on Tuesday

Haiti's transition council on Saturday said it will vote for the country's next president on Tuesday as part of efforts to bring the Caribbean country under control amid rampant gang

Haiti transitional government to vote for president on Tuesday
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A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They're among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak

Richelle Dietz is a mother of two and wife of a U.S. Navy officer living on a Hawaii military base who often thinks about water

A Hawaii military family avoids tap water at home. They're among those suing over 2021 jet fuel leak
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Tornadoes kill 2 in Oklahoma as governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties amid storm damage

Two people are dead in Oklahoma after a tornado swept through Oklahoma

Tornadoes kill 2 in Oklahoma as governor issues state of emergency for 12 counties amid storm damage
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Norway's wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says

Norway's $1.6 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest, is falling short on its climate ambitions by failing to back multiple shareholder proposals pushing oil companies to

Norway's wealth fund falls short on climate ambitions, NGO says
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Philippine students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts

Sweltering heat in the Philippines can curb farm production,

Philippine students suffer in wilting heat, thwarting education efforts

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