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An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by the United States to address global warming and could help President Joe Biden come close to meeting his pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, experts said on July 28, 2022.

Sunlight magnified by glass bottles in an open garbage can ignited paper trash, starting a 500−acre (200−hectare) North Texas wildfire that destroyed five homes, fire officials said on Thursday, July 28, 2022.

An ailing manatee that was found and rehabilitated in Texas late last year was flown to Florida on a cargo plane and released into a bay near a wildlife refuge along the Gulf Coast this week.

Washington has raised concerns about the trade implications of Ottawa's online-streaming bill, prompting a legal expert to warn that Canada could face hundreds of millions of dollars of retaliatory tariffs if it becomes law.

The existential crisis confronting Canada's automotive industry may finally be over.

The temperatures in Portland, Oregon, could top 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius) on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, making it likely the hottest day of a week−long heat wave for the Pacific Northwest region that rarely sees such scorching weather.

Members of the security detail protecting U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence from the mob of protesters storming Capitol Hill last year were so fearful for their lives that they asked colleagues to say goodbye to their family members, the Jan. 6 committee heard on Thursday, July 21, 2022.

Canada joined forces on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, with the United States in a bilateral effort to push back against what they consider protectionist energy policies in Mexico that violate both the spirit and the letter of North America's new trade rules.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.”

The National Science Foundation said Tuesday it plans to conduct a study to evaluate the environmental effects of building one of the world's largest optical telescopes on sites selected in Hawaii and Spain's Canary Islands.

A juvenile green sea turtle that underwent multiple surgeries to remove cauliflower-like tumours was released last week off the Florida Keys with a satellite-tracking transmitter.

It’s not just the relentless parade of deadly mass shootings, the draconian assault on abortion rights or even the prospect of a Donald Trump comeback that has Mackenzie Fresquez exploring a move to Canada.

The federal government has found a powerful supporter for its decision to allow a natural gas pipeline between Russia and Europe to resume operations.

The fire is a threat to more than 500 mature sequoias in the park's Mariposa Grove and the nearby community of Wawona, which has been evacuated.

Federal officials are looking into whether Canadian health workers could face legal risks for providing abortion services to Americans from states where the procedure has been outlawed.