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Cold-stunned green sea turtles are recovering at a Florida marine life center

Cold-stunned green sea turtles are recovering at a Florida marine life center

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
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Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Pauses on US foreign aid and other grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid . Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement . Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions .
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Cold-stunned green sea turtles are recovering at a Florida marine life center

JUNO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — An arctic blast that brought a rare snowfall to northern Florida last week left green sea turtles as far south as St. Augustine suffering from a condition known as cold stunning.
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Shipments of uranium ore can resume under agreement reached with the Navajo Nation

Shipments of uranium ore can resume under agreement reached with the Navajo Nation

Shipments of uranium ore from a revived mining operation just south of the Grand Canyon are expected to resume in February after the Navajo Nation reached a settlement with the mining company, clearing the way for trucks to transport the ore across t
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Things to know about the Trump administration order on car and pickup fuel economy

Things to know about the Trump administration order on car and pickup fuel economy

Detroit (AP) — Hours after being sworn in as the new U.S.
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Pauses on U.S. foreign aid and local grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

Pauses on U.S. foreign aid and local grants send funders and nonprofits scrambling

NEW YORK (AP) — Freezing foreign aid . Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement . Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions .
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Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

Climate group publishes guide on how municipalities can put a dollar value on nature

HALIFAX — A climate change think tank has released a guide encouraging municipalities to assign specific dollar values to natural assets ranging from wetlands to coastal dunes.
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Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

BANGKOK (AP) — Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in trafficking parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to research released Wednesday that could help enforcement efforts to save the critically endangered cat.
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UK government backs contentious third runway at London's Heathrow Airport

UK government backs contentious third runway at London's Heathrow Airport

LONDON (AP) — The U.K.
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Who can share seeds? As climate change and counterfeits hurt Kenyan farmers, it's a growing question

Who can share seeds? As climate change and counterfeits hurt Kenyan farmers, it's a growing question

KIKUYU, Kenya (AP) — Tucked away in a lush, forested area of central Kenya's Kikuyu town, the National Seed Bank stands as a crucial safeguard for the future of the country's agriculture.
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