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An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history

An encroaching desert threatens to swallow Mauritania’s homes and history

CHINGUETTI, Mauritania (AP) — For centuries, poets, scholars and theologians have flocked to Chinguetti, a trans-Saharan trading post home to more than a dozen libraries containing thousands of manuscripts. But it now stands on the brink of oblivion.
Famed for Himalayan peaks and pristine lakes, Kashmir faces a water crisis amid dry weather

Famed for Himalayan peaks and pristine lakes, Kashmir faces a water crisis amid dry weather

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For days, people in the Himalayan region of Kashmir watched in agony as a famed ancient spring ran dry amid extreme dry weather conditions. It was the first time in living memory that the spring water had vanished.
Poilievre's proposed incentives for First Nations water, resource projects draw fire

Poilievre's proposed incentives for First Nations water, resource projects draw fire

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he would incentivize First Nations to support natural-resource projects through industry taxes and revisiting how much sway Indigenous Peoples and environmental considerations have over approving pro
Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia

Droughts, floods and economic uncertainty: Portraits of the Wayuu people in northern Colombia

RIOHACHA, Colombia (AP) — Climate change is rapidly altering the way of life of the Indigenous Wayuu people, a semi-nomadic Indigenous group living in the arid La Guajira region, which spans northern Colombia and Venezuela.
Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000

Climate change is shrinking glaciers faster than ever, with 7 trillion tons lost since 2000

Climate change is accelerating the melting of the world's mountain glaciers, according to a massive new study that found them shrinking more than twice as fast as in the early 2000s.
Alberta Premier Smith's blame on health agency chilling: emergency doctor

Alberta Premier Smith's blame on health agency chilling: emergency doctor

EDMONTON — The former head of the Alberta Medical Association says Premier Danielle Smith's latest finger pointing at the province's front-line health agency has created a "draconian" chill among workers. Dr.
Renewable energy ambitions in northern Colombia collide with Indigenous worries

Renewable energy ambitions in northern Colombia collide with Indigenous worries

CABO DE LA VELA, Colombia (AP) — Giant wind turbines tower over a cemetery sacred to Zoyla Velasquez and her Indigenous Wayuu community, native to the La Guajira region in northern Colombia.
Flood watch up due to possible ice jam on СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Interior waterways

Flood watch up due to possible ice jam on СÀ¶ÊÓƵ Interior waterways

VICTORIA — British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has posted a flood watch on three Interior waterways because of the chance of a midseason ice jam.
Scottish Highland bull on the loose in СÀ¶ÊÓƵicut's rural hill country

Scottish Highland bull on the loose in СÀ¶ÊÓƵicut's rural hill country

KENT, Conn. (AP) — A Scottish Highland bull is the talk of the town in the rural hills of western СÀ¶ÊÓƵicut, where it has been roaming for over a month in the frigid winter weather after escaping from its confines.
Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project

Michigan appeals court upholds permits for Great Lakes pipeline tunnel project

Enbridge Energy's plans to build a protective tunnel around an aging pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes can continue, a Michigan appeals court ruled.
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