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ROCKY VIEW COUNTY, ALBERTA, CANADA — Justin Thompson and Matt Kumlin walk up a hill toward a ridge in the Alberta foothills as a border collie and "cow-dog-in-training" named Newt tags along.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Senate on Monday approved a proposed ban on the local disposal of spent nuclear fuel, unless the state provides its consent first. The bill from Democratic state Sen.

SAMARINDA, Indonesia (AP) — In Indonesia’s region of East Kalimantan, the country’s dependence on coal is on full display.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A late-hour attempt to extend the life of California’s last nuclear power plant has run into a predicament that will be difficult to resolve: a shortage of time.

Imperial Oil Ltd. has filed a plan for the interim cleanup of one of the largest oilpatch spills in Alberta history but hasn't released any details on the plan or the two toxic releases at its Kearl oilsands mine.

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The wild blueberry, Maine's most important fruit, could get some help fighting off a pest under legislation proposed by the state's Republican U.S. senator.

“The Climate Book,” by Greta Thunberg (Penguin Press) Skipping school to sit outside the Swedish Parliament in 2018 with a sign reading “School Strike for Climate” at the age of 15, Greta Thunberg promised she would never stop calling out leaders and

BERLIN (AP) — Climate commitments by companies aren’t always as green as they seem.

COURCHEVEL, France (AP) — Overall World Cup winners Mikaela Shiffrin , Federica Brignone and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde are among nearly 200 athletes from multiple disciplines who have signed a letter addressed to the International Ski and Snowboard Fed

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Auckland residents hunkered down Monday as they braced for a deluge from Cyclone Gabrielle, two weeks after a record-breaking storm swamped New Zealand's largest city and killed four people.