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State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market

State Farm discontinuing 72,000 home policies in California in latest blow to state insurance market

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
Tentative deal would see Ottawa scrap Highway 413's impact assessment designation

Tentative deal would see Ottawa scrap Highway 413's impact assessment designation

TORONTO — Ontario has struck a tentative deal with Ottawa to drop an assessment of the province’s Highway 413 project, oversight long advocated for by environmental groups but criticized by the province as federal overreach.
Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report

OTTAWA — Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the centre of Conservative attacks.
House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon pricing

House of Commons rejects Conservative non-confidence motion over carbon pricing

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government will not be forced into an election over carbon pricing — at least not today.
Ontario to give out $5,000 bonuses to wildland firefighters

Ontario to give out $5,000 bonuses to wildland firefighters

TORONTO — Ontario plans to give front-line wildland firefighters and pilots a $5,000 bonus and make 100 of those jobs permanent in an effort to recruit and retain more workers.
Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India

Highlights from the AP's reporting on the shrimp industry in India

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India is the top supplier of shrimp to the U.S., with Indian shrimp stocked in freezers at most of the nation’s biggest grocery store and restaurant chains. One reason for that is the low cost for consumers of shrimp from India.

Human composting as alternative to burial and cremation gets final approval by Delaware lawmakers

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware Senate gave final approval Thursday to a bill allowing the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation. The measure passed on a 14-7 vote and now goes to Democratic Gov. John Carney.
Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan

Panel urged to move lawsuit to state court that seeks shutdown of part of aging pipeline in Michigan

MADISON, Wis.
EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara

EU legal adviser backs cancellation of EU-Morocco fishing agreement over disputed Western Sahara

RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A legal adviser to the European Union’s top court recommended Thursday that it annul an agreement with Morocco which would have allowed European boats to fish off the disputed Western Sahara 's coast.
СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ funds studies aimed at net-zero airports, sustainable fuel options

СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ funds studies aimed at net-zero airports, sustainable fuel options

RICHMOND, СÀ¶ÊÓÆµ — A new study will collect carbon emissions data from British Columbia's regional airports with the goal of getting all airports in the province to net-zero by 2030.