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Live Updates: Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Leaves Democrats a Big Choice
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Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine and one of the key negotiators of a bipartisan proposal, made the pitch for her group's plan on CBS's "Face The Nation." 1
"We have five Republicans and five Democrats who got together to hammer out the framework for a targeted, responsible infrastructure package," she said. 1
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UK to trial 'highly protected marine areas' in win for ocean campaigners
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morkof
More than 97% of British offshore marine protected areas (MPAs), designed to safeguard habitats and biodiversity, are being dredged and bottom trawled, according to data published by the Guardian. 1
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The Blue Marine Foundation said the pilot risks glossing over the "currently lamentable" system of MPAs around the UK. 1Nearly 40% of the country's territorial waters are covered by MPAs. 1
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A Single Fire Killed At Least 10% Of The World's Giant Sequoias, Study Says
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That equates to 10% to 14% of the world's mature giant sequoia population, the newspaper said. 1
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These trees have lived for thousands of years. 1
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"One-hundred years of fire suppression, combined with climate change-driven hotter droughts, have changed how fires burn in the southern Sierra and that change has been very bad for sequoia," Brigham said. 1
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Why Kenya is trying to count every single animal
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In the span of the pandemic, Kenya has seen a baby boom of over 200 elephants, or "Covid gifts" as Balala calls them. 1
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We need to rethink and remodel our way of doing things so that we can survive until tourism rebounces," he tells CNN. 1
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Boris Johnson's 'Global Britain' Makes Shaky Start at G7 Summit
The prime minister's plan to introduce his vision of a nimble, trade-savvy U.K. was upended by a spat over Northern Ireland.
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Summit coverage highlights the tension between global and domestic affairs
This weekend, global leaders of the seven wealthy democratic nations known as the G-7-the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the UK-met for their annual summit, along with leaders from Australia, India, South Korea, and South Africa.
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Artists on Artists to Watch, and Maybe Even Collect
We asked 16 established names to suggest a fellow talent they feel should be better known.
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