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Whales migrations changed as seas warmed. But can they keep pace with climate change?

Whales migrations changed as seas warmed. But can they keep pace with climate change?

The Canadian lead author of a new study on the migration of humpback whales is sounding the alarm on how climate change could spell trouble for the species.
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Takeaways from AP's story on safety concerns about Shell's fleet of oil production ships

Takeaways from AP's story on safety concerns about Shell's fleet of oil production ships

Oil major Shell operates a fleet of giant ships permanently moored over oilfields around the world. The ships receive oil pumped from wells beneath the seabed and transfer it to tankers.
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Leaked files raise fears over safety of Shell oil production fleet, years after devastating spill

Leaked files raise fears over safety of Shell oil production fleet, years after devastating spill

Off the coast of Nigeria, one of the world’s largest oil production ships, called the Bonga, was taking oil from a field on the ocean floor and transferring it to a tanker ship.
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Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 1 person

Violent storms cut through the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing 1 person

Violent storms cut through a wide swath of the South and Midwest, spawning tornadoes and killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees and ripping roofs off homes.
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1 person dead as violent storms, including tornadoes, wallop Midwest and South

1 person dead as violent storms, including tornadoes, wallop Midwest and South

Tornadoes and violent storms struck parts of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing at least one person, knocking down power lines and trees, ripping roofs off homes and shooting debris thousands of feet into the air.
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Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves raise alarms in rural New Mexico

Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves raise alarms in rural New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.
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Rare greenhouse gas law in Southern state could get pulled back by GOP legislators

Rare greenhouse gas law in Southern state could get pulled back by GOP legislators

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican lawmakers and the Democratic governor worked together in 2021 to enact a rare energy law in the South that sought to sharply reduce power plant emissions by 2030 and ultimately reach carbon neutrality.
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Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords

Critically endangered sunflower sea stars are seeking refuge in B.C. fiords

Alyssa Gehman vividly recalls seeing starfish for the first time while on a kayaking trip in British Columbia's Desolation Sound in Grade 8.
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This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

This is what forecasters mean when they talk about a 100-year flood

Weather forecasters sometimes warn of storms that unleash such unusual rain they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods.
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Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

Federal judge questions whether EPA move to rapidly cancel 'green bank' grants was legal

A federal judge on Wednesday pressed an attorney for the Environmental Protection Agency about whether the agency broke the law when it swiftly terminated $20 billion worth of grants awarded to nonprofits for a green bank by allegedly bulldozing past
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