Environmental concerns

FILE - Britain's Katie Ormerod competes during the women's slopestyle qualifying at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File)

Winter Olympians champion climate, peace amid muted activism

By Kelvin Chan Feb. 15, 2022 03:06 AM EST

A woman dries herself after a swim in the half-frozen waters of the Shichahai Lake in Beijing, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022. As the Winter Olympics carry on just a short distance away inside the bubble, Beijing residents are enjoying their own traditional winter games by the lake situated in Xicheng district. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Swimmers plunge in icy lake near Olympics

Feb. 13, 2022 08:22 AM EST

A worker clears snow from the stands in the finish area at the alpine ski venue at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

BEIJING SNAPSHOT: Getting to China's new national ski venue

By Brian Carovillano Feb. 12, 2022 11:32 PM EST

FILE - The Beijing National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the 2022 Winter Olympics, is seen from the main media center Jan. 25, 2022, in Beijing. Beijing will become the first city to host both versions of the Games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

EXPLAINER: So why is Beijing holding another Olympics?

By Stephen Wade Feb. 12, 2022 02:37 AM EST

EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims

By Candice Choi And Kelvin Chan Feb. 10, 2022 10:35 PM EST

Matej Svancer of Austria trains ahead of the men's freestyle skiing big air qualification round of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Closed steel mill sends Olympic skiers - not smoke - skyward

By Jake Seiner Feb. 07, 2022 04:54 AM EST

An athlete from the Netherlands skates during a speed skating practice session ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Olympic ice rinks put spotlight on potent greenhouse gases

By Candice Choi Feb. 04, 2022 01:43 AM EST

FILE - A worker skies past the moguls course ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 27, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Olympic athletes in Alpine skiing and other outdoor sports dependent on snow are worried as they see winters disappearing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Olympians worry as 'Winter' disappears from Winter Games

By Howard Fendrich And Pat Graham Jan. 31, 2022 03:03 AM EST

Mark Waechter, owner of Nordic Ultratune, a ski retail and repair shop in Winthrop, Washington, stands with a new batch of skis that arrived for the 2021-22 winter ski season. When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting the ski trails and Nordic skis quickly became the new toilet paper – they were hard to find and sold out in stores. The ski boom has continued as the pandemic makes winter outdoor recreation appealing, but climate change means its future is uncertain. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)

Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertain

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 18, 2022 01:06 PM EST

A group of cross country skiers glide along the freshly groomed trails at Cabin Creek Sno Park near Easton, Wash., on Dec. 19, 2021. When COVID-19 hit in the winter of 2020, many escaped cabin fever by hitting the ski trails and Nordic skis quickly became the new toilet paper – they were hard to find and sold out in stores. The ski boom has continued as the pandemic makes winter outdoor recreation appealing, but climate change means its future is uncertain. (AP Photo/Martha Bellisle)

Climate change makes the future of Nordic skiing uncertain

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 18, 2022 01:05 PM EST

FILE - Germany's Tim Tscharnke falls in front of Russia's Nikita Kriukov, right, after making contact with the skis of Finland's Sami Jauhojaervi in the men's classical-style final of the cross-country team sprint competitions at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Olympic and World Cup race organizers are already used to needing snow-making equipment to create a ribbon of white through the forests as natural snowfall becomes less reliable. Skiers and experts say manmade snow has a higher moisture content, making it ice up quickly.(AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Climate change: Athletes flag the dangers of manmade snow

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 11, 2022 01:37 PM EST

Climate change: Athletes flag the dangers of manmade snow

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 11, 2022 12:19 PM EST

Climate activists unfurl a large banner reading "Code Red" across the street outside the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum as the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit takes place in Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

UN climate conference urges sports bodies to hit green goals

Nov. 03, 2021 02:49 PM EDT

Temperature on the field during the athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Coe says climate change could affect sports calendars

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 08, 2021 07:50 AM EDT

Firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire in Afidnes area, northern Athens, Greece, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. Wildfires rekindled outside Athens and forced more evacuations around southern Greece Thursday as weather conditions worsened and firefighters in a round-the-clock battle stopped the flames just outside the birthplace of the ancient Olympics. (AP Photo/Michael Varaklas)

Resurgent wildfires in Greece burn homes, threaten monuments

By Derek Gatopoulos And Elena Becatoros Aug. 05, 2021 05:11 AM EDT

An Olympic worker is silhouetted against clouds at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium ahead of a baseball game between Japan and the Dominican Republic at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Fukushima, Japan. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Fukushima laments a recovery without Olympic witnesses

By Jake Seiner Jul. 30, 2021 01:43 AM EDT

In this photo provided by SailGP, the Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby practices on the water in Plymouth, England, July 14, 2021. The SailGP global road show touches down in Old Blighty this weekend, giving Britain's Paul Goodison the opportunity to sail in front of home crowds for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics. The regatta on Plymouth Sound will also give Slingsby the chance to bounce back from a last-place performance in the previous regatta, an unthinkable finish for the crack team that claimed the $1 million, winner-take-all prize during the inaugural season of 2019. (Thomas Lovelock/SailGP via AP)

Hometown Brits, Aussies look for SailGP rebound in Plymouth

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 16, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021. Editorial: ERCOT shouldn’t be exempt from laws of open government The Electric...

A chalk drawing on the sidewalk in a residential neighborhood in Southeast Portland, Ore., Friday, June 25, 2021, represents a funny take on how hot the temperature is supposed to be during the weekend. The Pacific Northwest sweltered Friday as a historic heat wave hit Washington and Oregon, with temperatures in many areas expected to top out 25 to 30 degrees above normal in the coming days. (AP Photo/Sara Cline)

'Only going to get hotter': Heat wave blasts Northwest

By Sara Cline And Manuel Valdes Jun. 26, 2021 12:09 AM EDT

Changes to medical marijuana law approved by Legislature

Jun. 25, 2021 10:20 PM EDT
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pandemic-era regulations that let medical marijuana dispensaries serve patients at curbside and dispense three months' worth of the drug...