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Glencore’s record questioned amid Teck coal mine takeover

Teck’s plan to sell its Elk Valley coal mines to Swiss mining giant Glencore has raised alarm bells on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border amid negotiations over an international inquiry into extensive water contamination from the mines.

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Switzerland picks site near German border for nuclear waste storage

Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland not far from the German border to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste.

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Mountain melt shutters classic Alpine routes amid heat waves

Little snow cover and glaciers melting at an alarming rate amid Europe's sweltering heat waves have put some of the most classic Alpine hiking routes off-limits.

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Freezing point climbs to record high above Swiss Alpine summits

Switzerland has recorded the freezing point way above its highest summits, smashing a record set 27 years ago, meteorologists have said.

Melting Autobahn, jaguars in pools, naked men on scooters: Europe faces an ‘inferno’
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Melting Autobahn, jaguars in pools, naked men on scooters: Europe faces an ‘inferno’

How humans — and beasts — survive when temperatures top 100 F.
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