After the closings, Planned Parenthood North Central States will operate 10 brick-and-mortar clinics in Minnesota, two in Iowa, two in Nebraska, and one in South Dakota. It operates none in North Dakota, though its Moorhead, Minnesota, clinic is across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota.
Halifax Harbour is just one location where Planetary hopes to operate. The company has set up another site at a wastewater treatment plant in coastal Virginia and plans to begin testing in Vancouver later this year.According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, the industry needs to remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide per year by mid-century to meet climate goals set nearly a decade ago during
“The whole point here is to mitigate against a rapidly accelerating climate crisis,” Burt said. “We have to act with safety and integrity, but we also have to act fast.”Climate change is driving extreme weather around the globe. (AP Video)While there’s broad enthusiasm in the industry, coastal communities aren’t always quick to jump on board.
In North Carolina, a request to dump shiploads of olivine near the beachside town of Duck prompted questions that downsized the project by more than half.The company Vesta, formed in 2021, promotes the greenish-hued mineral as a tool to draw down carbon into the ocean and create mounds that buffer coastal towns from storm surges and waves.
Olivine sand is released from a barge into the waters off Duck, N.C., as part of a carbon capture project by the company Vesta, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Vesta, PBC via AP)
Olivine sand is released from a barge into the waters off Duck, N.C., as part of a carbon capture project by the company Vesta, Sunday, June 2, 2024. (Vesta, PBC via AP)Candidate for: An administrative judge for two of Mexico City’s boroughs.
Supreme Court lawyer Mauricio Tapia Maltos campaigns ahead of the upcoming judicial elections, in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main public square, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Tapia Maltos is running for an administrative judge position. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)Supreme Court lawyer Mauricio Tapia Maltos campaigns ahead of the upcoming judicial elections, in the Zocalo, Mexico City’s main public square, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. Tapia Maltos is running for an administrative judge position. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Every afternoon, Monday to Thursday, Tapia Maltos finishes work at Mexico’s Supreme Court where he has worked for 11 years and walks next door to Mexico City’s sprawling central square. There, he sets up a small stand from which he hangs three papers on which he has handwritten his name, the position he seeks, his social platform handle and his ID number for the ballot.Even though he frequently goes unnoticed by the multitude of street vendors, tourists and workers crossing the square each day, Tapia Maltos dressed in white shirt, tie and dark slacks, occasionally draws the attention of those curious enough to stop and read his papers. Some then ask how they can vote.