The fatal entanglement is raising alarms among wildlife experts who say the concertina wire poses a threat to regional biodiversity.
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The survey asks how pollution in the river and beach closures have affected local businesses, employment, property values, tourism and school attendance.
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Many different varieties of plants, ceramic fish, and rock formations went into the design — along with a lot of imagination.
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The U.S. International Boundary and Water Commission said the line has ruptured twice over the past two weeks.
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Students are developing a chemical index that the public can use to better understand where the chemicals polluting the Tijuana River come from and what dangers they pose to their health.
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The national environmental group accused county officials of approving the project in fragments, obscuring the scale of the development from the public.
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As the U.S. and Mexico pursue $800 million in upgrades to wastewater facilities on the border, local officials are working on a smaller fix to improve conditions as soon as next year.
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When a species is facing extinction, it takes an enormous human effort to stave it off. Case in point: the painstaking campaign to save the frosted flatwoods salamander.
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They each carry an 80-liter trash bag and, once the bags get too heavy to carry around, they know it’s time to walk home and get ready for work.
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Insurance is supposed to soften the blow when homes burn or flood. With some preparation, you can better your odds of a smoother recovery if disaster strikes.
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One California town is in a state of emergency and 50,000 people are under an evacuation order as a malfunctioning chemical tank at an aerospace plant is overheating and could leak or explode.
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