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Korean firm plans $2.5B in new solar panel plants in Georgia

Korean firm plans $2.5B in new solar panel plants in Georgia

ATLANTA (AP) — A South Korean solar panel maker said Wednesday that it will invest more than $2.5 billion to build factories in Georgia in what it says is the largest solar investment in American history.
Alberta Opposition NDP calls for public input on plan to subsidize well cleanup

Alberta Opposition NDP calls for public input on plan to subsidize well cleanup

EDMONTON — Alberta's New Democrat Opposition wants public consultations on a government plan that would subsidize oil and gas companies to fulfil legal commitments to clean up old wells, a major proponent of which has been working directly in Premier
EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California's drought?

EXPLAINER: How much will the rain help California's drought?

California has experienced a devastating, multi-year drought that’s depleted reservoirs, forced officials to plead with residents to conserve water and constrained supplies to vital farmland.
Spanish farmers protest ecological threshold for Tagus River

Spanish farmers protest ecological threshold for Tagus River

MADRID (AP) — Farmers protested in Madrid on Wednesday against a governmental order to provide ecological protection for a river, a move they see as a threat to the water resources they need to irrigate their crops.
In Norway, sled dogs train and play in warming Arctic

In Norway, sled dogs train and play in warming Arctic

BOLTERDALEN, Norway (AP) — Out of the dark, frozen vastness in this Arctic valley, a chorus of barks and howls trumpeted the return of Green Dog's oldest puppies from a dogsledding training run through the polar night on Tuesday afternoon.
Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California

Landslides, sinkholes, floodwaters plague soggy California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sinkholes swallowed cars and floodwaters swamped towns and swept away a small boy as California was wracked by more wild winter while the next in a powerful string of storms loomed on the horizon Tuesday.
Davos report: Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate

Davos report: Cost-of-living crisis overshadows climate

LONDON (AP) — Climate change is the global economy's biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis , the World Economic Forum said in a report Wednesday.
Natural, manmade factors behind New Zealand's hottest year

Natural, manmade factors behind New Zealand's hottest year

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand had its hottest year on record in 2022, beating a mark set just a year earlier thanks to a combination of natural weather cycles and manmade global warming, the agency that monitors temperatures said Wednesd

Hawaii stops prosecuting elders who protested telescope

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's new attorney general said Tuesday more than two dozen elders won't be subject to another round of prosecutions for blocking a road three years ago to prevent the construction of a new telescope on a mountain summit many Nativ

Mexican students arrested, jailed for planting trees

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Students and civic groups in Mexico have expressed outrage over the arrest and jailing of three students who tried to plant trees on formerly government-owned land that was sold to a private developer.
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