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Wildlife, air quality at risk as Great Salt Lake nears low

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SALT LAKE CITY — The silvery blue waters of the Great Salt Lake sprawl across the Utah desert, having covered an area nearly the...

Des Moines faces extreme measures to find clean water

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DES MOINES, Iowa — In the dim light just after dawn, Bill Blubaugh parks his Des Moines Water Works pickup truck, grabs a dipper...

Actor Will Smith pays for July 4 fireworks in New Orleans

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NEW ORLEANS — Fireworks are returning to New Orleans on Independence Day thanks to actor Will Smith. ...

NASA looks at Louisiana delta system, eyes global forecasts

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MIKE ISLAND, La. — Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from climate change have killed the Louisiana woods where a 41-year-old Native American chief...

Mississippi city added to Marquis de Lafayette trail

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NATCHEZ, Miss. — A city in Mississippi is now part of a trail commemorating what was then a nationwide tour by a French general...

Protests continue at Minnesota Line 3 oil pipeline project

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PARK RAPIDS, Minn. — Opponents of the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project in northwestern Minnesota continued their protests this week by...

Police say nearly 250 arrested in Minnesota pipeline protest

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FARGO, N.D. — Nearly 250 people were arrested when protesters attempting to stop the final leg of the reconstruction of an oil pipeline across...

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protests

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SOLWAY, Minn. — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning...

Fate of planned mine near Okefenokee left to Georgia agency

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FOLKSTON, Ga. — More than 160 years after her great-great-grandfather settled on a patch of land surrounded by water in the Okefenokee Swamp, Sheila...

Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protest

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SOLWAY, Minn. — Environmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energy’s ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning...