Ontario's premier has pledged to protect a large portion of the northern boreal forest from forestry and mining activities under a plan that will also guarantee First Nations a share of resource revenues.
The massive oil spill that remains a major threat to the area's fragile delta ecosystem now stretches from New Orleans to the mouth of the Mississippi River -- a distance of 100 miles, Coast Guard officials said early Thursday.<br />
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Dolly spun into a hurricane Tuesday,heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border and the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley.Dolly was upgraded from a tropical storm Tues. afternoon with sustained winds near 75 mph,and some strengthening of the Category 1 storm
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