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Men behind the doomsday seed vault in the Arctic win World Food Prize
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As Cary Fowler and Geoffrey Hawtin began thinking about ways to prevent starvation and protect the world's food supply, they came up with what Fowler called “the craziest idea anybody ever had” — a global seed vault built into
May 9, 2024 12:53 PM
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Florida's major power company prepares for this year's hurricanes by dealing with a fake one
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Under blue skies, officials at Florida's largest power company dealt Thursday with the aftermath of a major hurricane that slammed into Miami and Fort Lauderdale — or a pretend one, anyway.
May 9, 2024 12:52 PM
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B.C. court rejects mink farmers' lawsuits over ban imposed during pandemic
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected lawsuits by mink farmers challenging a provincial shutdown of the industry over COVID-19 concerns.
May 9, 2024 12:18 PM
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Ontario secures more natural gas, battery storage for electricity supply
TORONTO — Ontario's electricity system operator has secured new power supply from 10 battery storage facilities and three natural gas and biogas facilities, which should meet the province's needs until the 2030s.
May 9, 2024 11:45 AM
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Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
In a meeting room at a hotel in California's crop-rich Central Valley, a fight is taking place that could help shape the future of farm labor in fields that grow a chunk of the country's food. The battle between a unit of the Wonderful Co.
May 8, 2024 10:04 PM
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Powerful storms kill 3 as tornadoes tear through central and southeastern US
COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Severe storms tore through parts of the U.S. again Wednesday, spawning damaging tornadoes , producing massive hail, and killing two people in Tennessee and one person in North Carolina.
May 8, 2024 9:09 PM
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Feds defend carbon capture technology as Alberta project gets cancelled over cost
OTTAWA — Canada's energy minister is defending carbon capture and storage technology as both effective and affordable, after an Alberta power company walked away from a planned project and a study found that another project got public subsidies to co
May 8, 2024 7:35 PM
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Upper Nicola Band building community centre finds human remains, halts construction
QUILCHENA, B.C. — The Upper Nicola Band in B.C.'s southern Interior says construction crews building a new community centre have discovered human remains.
May 8, 2024 5:29 PM
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Pete McCloskey, GOP congressman who once challenged Nixon, dies at 96
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Pete McCloskey — a pro-environment, anti-war California Republican who co-wrote the Endangered Species Act and co-founded Earth Day — has died. He was 96.
May 8, 2024 5:00 PM
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US's largest public utility ignores warnings in moving forward with new natural gas plant
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is moving ahead with a plan for a new natural gas plant in Tennessee despite warnings that its environmental review of the project doesn't comply with federal law.
May 8, 2024 4:49 PM
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