By Sophie Austin
The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, calif.>> California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it doe...
By María Teresa Hernández
The Associated Press
RAPA NUI, Chile>> The hillside of Rano Raraku volcano on Rapa Nui feels like a place that froze in time.
Embedded in grass and volcanic rock, almost 400 moai — the monolithic human figures carved centuries ago by this remote Pacific island’s Ra...
The American West is currently the driest it’s been in 1,200 years, a new study found
By CONRAD SWANSON |
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PUBLISHED: February 19, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. | UPDATED: February 21, 2022 at 3:07 p.m.
Not only is the American West the driest it’s been in more than a...
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By Frank Jordans, Seth Borenstein and Kelvin Chan
The Associated Press
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT>>
U.S. climate envoy John Kerrymet Tuesday with his Chinese counterpart at the annual United Nations climate negotiations in Egypt in a further hint of improving relations between the world’s top t...
By Megan Rowling | Just Transition Editor
As the COP27 climate summit kicked off, U.N. boss António Guterres didn't mince his words. "We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” he warned the 120 or so assembled world leaders.
And just in case they dared to think...
By Kelvin Chan
The Associated Press
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT>>
Hydrogen cars and vehicles that capture their tailpipe pollutants. Computer mice made from recycled ocean waste plastic. Hundreds of millions of trees planted in the desert. Saudi Arabia’s vision of an environmentally friendly fut...
By Vivian Yee
The New York Times
LUXOR,EGYPT>> When Howard Carter discovered Tutankhamun’s glittering tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings 100 years ago, he was living in a mud-brick house surrounded by desert so dry that it had preserved the tombs, mummies and towering temples for more than ...
By Mike Schneider and Freida Frisaro
The Associated Press
WILBUR-BY-THE-SEA,FLA.>> Tropical Storm Nicole weakened to a tropical depression Thursday night as it crossed the Florida Panhandle on its way north into Georgia.
The storm had sent Florida homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean earl...
By Frank Jordans
The Associated Press
SHARMEL-SHEIKH,EGYPT>> Egypt’s foreign minister said Thursday that the focus of the UN climate talks being hosted in his country should be efforts to tackle global warming and not a jailed Egyptian activist who is on a hunger strike.
Prison authorities ...
Gore announces fossil fuel emissions inventory
By SamyMagdy
The Associated Press
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT>>
A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the ...
By Brad Plumer and Raymond Zhong
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> The effects of climate change are already “far-reaching and worsening” throughout all regions in the United States, posing profound risks to virtually every aspect of society, whether it’s drinking water supplie...
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By Megan Rowling | Just Transition Editor
As the COP27 climate summit kicked off, U.N. boss António Guterres didn't mince his words. "We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator,” he warned the 120 or so assembled ...
By Lisa Friedman
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> World leaderswill gather in Egypt next week to confront climate change at a moment of colliding crises: a war in Europe that has upended energy markets, rising global inflation, deep political divisions in many countries and tension between th...
By Daniel Cole
The Associated Press
SAINTES-MARIE DE LA MER, FRANCE>> In a makeshift arena in the French coastal village Aigues-Mortes, young men in dazzling collared shirts come face to face with a raging bull. Surrounded by the city’s medieval walls, the men dodge and duck the animal’s cha...
By Tammy Webber and Martha Irvine
The Associated Press
SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M.>> This was a land of dense forests. A creek cascading through ponds in a canyon. A valley of sage and juniper with shady cottonwood galleries and many gardens.
For thousands of years, the Tewa people o...
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By Winston Choi-Schagrin
The New York Times
In mid-October, just two weeks after Hurricane Ian struck her state, Bertha Vazquez asked her class of seventh-graders to go online and search for information about climate change. Specifically, she tasked the...
By Frank Jordans and Samy Magdy
The Associated Press
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT>> Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change amid a multitude of competing crises, including the war in Ukraine, high inflation...
By Jack Ewing
The New York Times
Democrats pushed through climate change legislation this year that earmarked tens of billions of dollars to create a U.S. supply chain for electric vehicles. Republicans and the states they represent are poised to cash in on much of the political and economic windf...
Narrative includes gripping tales of heroism, warns as area rebounds so does the fire threat
By Noelle Phillips
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The Marshall fire should serve as a tipping point for the entire state when it comes to mitigating wildfires. And if the December fire that killed two people an...
