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In 2017, after about 10 years of discussions, then-superintendent Amy Shane finally got to see a…Canada’s wildfire season is taking a heavy toll on First Nations
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Into a clear blue sky, the sweet-smelling smoke billows and spreads. Farmers have been burning and…Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the grid
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When wildfire smoke blanketed northern Michigan skies last month, Kasey Wierzba thought the vineyard…
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