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PARIS (AP) — Vacationers were mostly able to return to their campsites Tuesday after a wildfire ripped through 500 hectares (1,235 acres) of land near the seaside resort of Argeles-sur-Mer in southern France, close to the border with Spain, authoriti

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A protracted heat wave has settled over the southern half of British Columbia, sending temperatures in some places into the 40s this week. Here's a look at data associated with the hot spell that began Sunday, provided by Environment Canada.

VANCOUVER — When Nicky Fried and her husband arrived in Vancouver from South Africa more than 30 years ago, they didn't need an air conditioner.

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration Tuesday rejected pleas to strengthen regulation of large livestock farms that release manure and other pollutants into waterways, promising more study instead. The U.S.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Young environmental activists prevailed in a closely watched Montana lawsuit that said state officials weren't doing enough to protect them from climate change.

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina , Maui County officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames and instead relied on a series of sometimes co

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S.

CALGARY — Alberta's largest city has brought in some outdoor water restrictions due to record low flows in the Bow and Elbow rivers that supply it and other downstream communities across the Prairies.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — California’s only native sunfish, the Sacramento perch, survived catastrophic floods in the 1860s and was so abundant that it was a regular staple in San Francisco’s markets before invasive species decimated its population.