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Interior Department official with key role in Colorado River talks is stepping down

Interior Department official with key role in Colorado River talks is stepping down

WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Interior Department official who has had a key role in negotiations over the shrinking Colorado River plans to step down from the job next week.
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Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods

Snow shovels in hand, volunteers help Vermont communities clear the mud from epic floods

ANDOVER, Vt.
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Humans' impact on the earth began a new epoch in the 1950s called the Anthropocene, scientists say

From climate change to species loss and pollution, humans have etched their impact on the Earth with such strength and permanence since the middle of the 20th century that a special team of scientists says a new geologic epoch began then.
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A Florida sinkhole that claimed a man's life in 2013 reopens, this time harmlessly

A Florida sinkhole that claimed a man's life in 2013 reopens, this time harmlessly

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sinkhole that in 2013 fatally swallowed a man sleeping in his own house has reopened for a third time, only now it's behind chain-link fencing and doing no harm to people or property.
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EPA moves to reduce childhood exposure to lead-based paint dust

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration on Wednesday moved to reduce children's exposure to lead, proposing stricter limits on dust from lead-based paint in older homes and child-care facilities.
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Missing trail hiker’s body found in Yosemite National Park creek

Missing trail hiker’s body found in Yosemite National Park creek

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif.
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How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

How America’s push for the atomic bomb spawned enduring radioactive waste problems in St. Louis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production and atomic waste storage sites in the St.
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N.W.T. communities shatter temperature records as heat warnings continue

N.W.T. communities shatter temperature records as heat warnings continue

YELLOWKNIFE — Several communities in the Northwest Territories have broken temperature records in recent days as residents try to beat the heat.
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Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey's first offshore wind power project

Lawsuits could delay the start of New Jersey's first offshore wind power project

OCEAN CITY, N.J.
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Four years after passage of law on abandoned boats, only two fines have been levied

Four years after passage of law on abandoned boats, only two fines have been levied

OTTAWA — The federal government has issued just two fines under a four-year-old law meant to prevent boat owners from leaving their vessels behind for someone else to clean up when they are shipwrecked or reach the end of their lifespan.
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