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Hawaii fires propelled by climate change

Devastating Hawaii fires made ‘much more dangerous’ by climate change

Global heating is causing vegetation to dry out, priming it as fuel for an outbreak of fire, says scientist at Nature Conservancy.

Lac-Mégantic rail disaster crude explosion

Rebuilding Lac-Mégantic: Decade after rail disaster, residents say downtown still a desert

Gilles Fluet narrowly escaped death in 2013, leaving the bar where he'd been with friends just moments before a runaway train derailed and exploded nearby. A decade later, he and other residents say what was once a lively downtown still hasn’t fully recovered. Rachel Watts reports for CBC News
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Lac-Mégantic rail disaster crude explosion

Rebuilding Lac-Mégantic: Decade after rail disaster, residents say downtown still a desert

Gilles Fluet narrowly escaped death in 2013, leaving the bar where he'd been with friends just moments before a runaway train derailed and exploded nearby. A decade later, he and other residents say what was once a lively downtown still hasn’t fully recovered.
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