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TORONTO — A new report from an advocacy group finds two of Canada's biggest insurers are taking steps toward climate action, but still have a ways to go. The report from Investors for Paris Compliance says climate action from Sun Life Financial Inc.

Quebec Premier François Legault will be attending a United Nations climate summit in New York next week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — States and Native American tribes will have greater authority to block energy projects such as natural gas pipelines that could pollute rivers and streams under a final rule issued Thursday by the Biden administration.

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to New York next week to take part in the 78th meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The Prime Minister's Office confirmed today that Trudeau will be at the UN Sept.

DERNA, Libya (AP) — The wall of water several stories high smashed into apartment buildings, drowning entire families in minutes. One man lost at least 13 members of his extended family.

EDMONTON — Most Albertans would support some kind of national cap on carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector, two new polls suggest.

HIGHLAND FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Alan Oligario's home is prone to flooding — and he wishes someone had told him before he bought it. His initial flood came in the first year after he bought the house in Highland Falls, New York.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world's pressing issues with former President Bill Clinton to open this year's Clinton Global Initiative , organizers announced Thursday.

PARIS (AP) — France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte , which is facing an unprecedented water crisis prompted by the island cluster's most severe drought in decades.

MADRID (AP) — Spain this year recorded its third hottest summer since official records began 62 years ago, authorities said Thursday, with temperatures peaking at 46.8 C (116 F) as the country's severe drought dragged on.