Natasha BulowskiLocal Journalism Initiative ReporterCanada's National Observer Pipeline companies will continue to pay the same property taxes for one more year following months of pressure from British Columbia towns and districts that said proposed tax decreases would cripple municipal budgets. Major pipeline companies, including Enbridge, Trans Mountain and FortisBC, had successfully lobbied BC Assessment —

The legislative subcommittee set a schedule for August/September presentations, asked the Department of Natural Resources and Colorado State Forest Service for program and budget briefings (four-week turnaround requested), and asked staff to collect member questions for tailored briefings and a demonstration of the Forest Health Tracker.

France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportation

Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpump...

The board said it submitted a resolution asking the town board to delay approvals for battery‑storage facilities until a local law is adopted; members were uncertain whether town board received it. The Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) work is nearly complete and a mid‑December presentation is being scheduled.

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Attorney General Kautz asked the Joint Appropriations Committee for a contingency to prepare technical studies and outside counsel to defend Wyoming's water rights—centered on the Colorado River—and requested two HB 300 attorneys to handle growing federal natural-resources litigation.

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