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Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado

Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado

MONTREAL 鈥 Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour.
Acadian groups say Chignecto Isthmus should be designated national park

Acadian groups say Chignecto Isthmus should be designated national park

HALIFAX 鈥 Organizations representing Acadians in Atlantic Canada are proposing the Chignecto Isthmus, which links New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, be turned into a national park.
Montreal-based startup gets $850,000 to protect whales with artificial intelligence

Montreal-based startup gets $850,000 to protect whales with artificial intelligence

MONTREAL 鈥 The federal Fisheries Department is giving $850,000 to a Montreal-based startup that has developed artificial intelligence technology to protect whales and other marine life from ship strikes.
Louisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn't relaxed

Louisiana chemical plant threatens to shut down if EPA emissions deadline isn't relaxed

A synthetic rubber manufacturer accused of increasing the cancer risk for the nearby majority-Black community in Louisiana told a federal appeals court it will have to shut down 鈥渓ikely permanently鈥 if it's forced to meet the Biden administration鈥檚 d
A 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks

A 6th house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's Outer Banks

RODANTHE, N.C. (AP) 鈥 Another house has collapsed into the Atlantic Ocean along North Carolina's coast, the sixth to fall along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore's beaches in the past four years, according to U.S. National Park Service officials.
Wildfire that forced thousands out of Fort McMurray, Alta., officially under control

Wildfire that forced thousands out of Fort McMurray, Alta., officially under control

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. 鈥 A wildfire that forced thousands from their homes in Fort McMurray earlier this month is now under control.
Heat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several Mexican states

Heat-related monkey deaths are now reported in several Mexican states

MEXICO CITY (AP) 鈥 Heat-related howler monkeys deaths have now been reported in two more states in southern Mexico, after two other states reported die-offs earlier this month, environmental authorities said.
Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

Researchers find a tiny organism has the power to reduce a persistent greenhouse gas in farm fields

In the world of greenhouse gas emissions, carbon dioxide gets most of the blame. But tiny organisms that flourish in the world's farm fields emit a far more potent gas, nitrous oxide, and scientists have long sought a way to address it.
What are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?

What are leaking underground storage tanks and how are they being cleaned up?

For more than a decade, some residents of the tiny Richmond, Rhode Island, neighborhood of Canob Park drank and bathed using tap water that had been tainted by gasoline that leaked from storage tanks buried under service stations a few hundred yards
A record-holding Sherpa guide concerned about garbage on higher camps on Mount Everest

A record-holding Sherpa guide concerned about garbage on higher camps on Mount Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) 鈥 One of the greatest Mount Everest guides on Wednesday expressed concerns about the peak's growing piles of garbage, as he was honored by his government to mark Everest Day.