内容摘要：The wind energy projects were part of Colombia’s just energy transition, aiming to replace fossil fuels with renewables while supporting vulnerable groups like Indigenous peoples. The region is home to Cerrejon, one of the largest open-pit coal mines in the world and a major player in Latin America’s mining sector, which has been in operation since 1985. The mine has just nine years left in its life span, and its closure, without alternative plans in place, will deal a significant blow to the region’s economy.

The wind energy projects were part of Colombia’s just energy transition, aiming to replace fossil fuels with renewables while supporting vulnerable groups like Indigenous peoples. The region is home to Cerrejon, one of the largest open-pit coal mines in the world and a major player in Latin America’s mining sector, which has been in operation since 1985. The mine has just nine years left in its life span, and its closure, without alternative plans in place, will deal a significant blow to the region’s economy.

“I know a lot of people would look at the forested hillsides around here and be like, ‘It’s beautiful, it’s forested.’ But see that old growth on the hill, like way up there?” asked Sarah Beesley, fisheries biologist for the Yurok Tribe, sitting on a rock in Blue Creek. “There’s like one or two of those.”Fire bans, invasive plants and encroachment of unmanaged native species have contributed to loss of prairies, historically home to abundant elk and deer herds and where the Yurok gathered plants for cultural and medicinal uses.

Western Rivers Conservancy bought and conveyed land to the tribe in phases. The $56 million for the conservation deal came from private capital, low interest loans, tax credits, public grants and carbon credit sales that will continue to support restoration.The tribe aims to restore historic prairies by removing invasive species and encroaching native vegetation. The prairies are important food sources for elk and the mardon skipper butterfly, said Kling from the conservancy.Trees removed from prairies will be used as logjams for creeks to create habitat for frogs, fish and turtles.

The tribe will reintroduce fire to aid in prairie restoration and reestablish forest diversity and mature forests to help imperiled species bounce back.Members know its going to take decades of work for these lands and waterways to heal.

“And maybe all that’s not going to be done in my lifetime,” said McCovey, the fisheries director. “But that’s fine, because I’m not doing doing this for myself.”

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Durante décadas, los bombarderos de largo alcance han sido parte de la tríada nuclear soviética y rusa que también incluye misiles balísticos intercontinentales basados en tierra y submarinos atómicos que transportan misiles balísticos intercontinentales. Los bombarderos estratégicos han realizado patrullas regulares alrededor del mundo mostrando el poderío nuclear de Moscú.Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.

NUEVA YORK (AP) — Las auroras boreales podrían ser visibles en partes de Estados Unidos la noche del lunes tras las tormentas solares del fin de semana.La semana pasada, el Sol emitió una gran explosión de energía llamada eyección de masa coronal, lo que llevó a los meteorólogos espaciales a emitir una rara alerta de tormenta solar severa el domingo, aunque no fue tan fuerte como el récord del año pasado. Otra eyección que se dirige hacia la Tierra el lunes podría producir más avistamientos de auroras.