By Francis Kokutse and Jessica Donati
The Associated Press
ACCRA, Ghana>> Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate eggs and bunnies are more expensive than ever as changing climate patterns eat into global cocoa supplies and the earnings of farm...
  
By Alexa St. John, Matthew Daly and Joshua A. Bickel
The Associated Press
LONDON, Ohio>> Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip.
Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV “because I think the technology...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, Mont.>> The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled plants and animals that had been rolled back under former President Donald Trump.
Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildli...
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration issued a final rule Wednesday aimed at curbing methane leaks from oil and gas drilling on federal and tribal lands, its latest action to crack down on emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes sig...
By Elise Schmelzer
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A bat infected with a fungus that has killed millions of bats across the country was found in Longmont last month.
Testing this month confirmed the little brown bat was infected with white-nose syndrome — a deadly fungus that could devastate Co...
TRANSPORTATION
People alone the Seine at lunchtime in Paris on March 11. The Seine is becoming a test case for a European plan to cut carbon emissions by turning rivers into new highways. JAMES HILL — THE NEW YORK TIMES
By Liz Alderman
The New York Times
PARIS>> As pale morning light flick...
By Brad Plumer
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> The Biden administration plans to spend up to $6 billion on new technologies to cut carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industries such as steel, cement, chemicals and aluminum, which are all enormous contributors to global warming but w...
CLIMATE POLICY By Patricia Cohen
The New York Times
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia>> The European Union’s upcoming ban on imports linked to deforestation has been hailed as a “gold standard” in climate policy: a meaningful step to protect the world’s forests, which help remove planet-killing gr...
By Jack Graham | Climate change and nature correspondent, UK
Living with water
In the city of Wilmington, on the U.S. East Coast, there floats a famous World War II battleship called the USS North Carolina.
The major tourist attraction is having some trouble with its parking lot, which is...
VACCINATION HESITANCY AND EXEMPTIONS
By Abraar Karan and Julie Parsonnet
Los Angeles Times
The measles virus is resurging in the U.S. despite the long-standing availability of a vaccine that provides nearly life-long immunity. In the past few weeks, hundreds of people were exposed to a child with...
Your front lawn can stay, but many property owners will have to change practices
By Elise Schmelzer
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Swaths of Kentucky bluegrass will become a less common sight across Colorado after lawmakers passed a bill to ban new nonfunctional turf in hopes of conserving wat...
By Matthew Daly
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON>> The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some chlorine bleach, brake pads and other products.
The ...
LAKEWOOD
By Noelle Phillips
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A Lakewood business that sterilizes medical equipment with cancer-causing ethylene oxide must slash its air emissions after the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday told all...
But now mines threaten SA Native water, culture and wealth
Tourists gather in the Salinas Grandes salt flats in Jujuy, Argentina. The salt flat brings income to towns through tourism and small-scale salt harvesting. PHOTOS BY RODRIGO ABD — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Limit water-pollution permit to Suncor Energy on Wednesday that restricts the amount of “forever chemicals” and other harmful pollutants the company’s Commerce City refinery can discharge into Sand Creek, an important source of water for drinking and agricultural irrigation in the state.&nbs...
“Failure is not an option” in negotiations over long-term usage cuts, federal official says
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Negotiators for the s...
NATIONAL CLIMATE ASSESSMENT
“A very dangerous future”
By Seth Borenstein and Tammy Webber
The Associated Press
Revved-up climate change now permeates Americans’ daily lives with harm that is “already far-reaching and worsening across every region of the United States,” a massive new government r...
U.S. WILDFIRE RISK
Study finds grassland fires more common, destructive
By Nadja Popovich
The New York Times
Forest fires may get more attention, but a new study reveals that grassland fires are more widespread and destructive across the United States. Almost every year since 1990, the study fou...
WILDCAT LOADOUT EXPANSION
Project raises new alarms of oil along Colorado River
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A proposed railway project that would bring a surge in the amount of oil transported along the Colorado River is on hold, but Colorado communities and lawmakers are now concerned abou...
Nation says it can fight climate change and be major oil producer
By Suman Naishadham and Victor Caivano
The Associated Press
FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA>> During a May wildfire that scorched a vast swath of spruce and pine forest in northwestern Canada...
