Sustainable development

EXPLAINER: Olympics show complexity of sustainability claims

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

This combination of photos shows, from left, snowboarder Jamie Anderson, bobsledder Aja Evans and alpine skier Ryan Cochran-Siegle modeling the Team USA Beijing winter Olympics closing ceremony uniforms designed by Ralph Lauren on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

Ralph Lauren rolls out buffalo plaid for Team USA in Beijing

By Leanne Italie Oct. 28, 2021 09:00 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: U.S.

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 01:26 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: June 8 The Montreal Gazette on anti-Muslim hatred in...

A waiter addresses customers sitting at a restaurant backdropped by Milan's gothic cathedral, Italy, Monday, April 26, 2021. Italy’s gradual reopening after six months of rotating virus closures is satisfying no one: Too cautious for some, too hasty for others. Allowing outdoor dining starting Monday is coming too little, too late for restaurant owners whose survival has been threatened by more than a year of on-again, off-again virus closures. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)

Italy's 'epochal' recovery plan targets women, youth, south

By Nicole Winfield Apr. 26, 2021 06:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021 file photo, a model wears a creation for Fendi's Spring-Summer 2021 Haute Couture fashion collection presented in Paris. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Fashion industry evolves, as virus forces a rethink

By Thomas Adamson And Francois Mori Apr. 18, 2021 02:33 AM EDT

Spokane County to end agreement with raceway

Feb. 24, 2021 02:21 PM EST
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Spokane County will cut ties with the operator of the Spokane County Raceway as limitations imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic hamper...

Sections of pipe await placement near Grand Rapids, Minnesota, for the Enbridge Line 3 project on Feb. 8, 2021. Conflict is growing among Indigenous communities along the nearly 400-mile path of Enbridge's Line 3. As the project cuts across the Fond du Lac reservation, treaty lands of several other bands of Ojibwe, and the headwaters of the Mississippi River in northern Minnesota, it has brought not just jobs but controversy and discord into the most intimate spheres of spirituality, family, and community. (Mary Annette Pember/Indian Country Today via AP)

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

Mary Annette Pember Feb. 24, 2021 10:29 AM EST

The Rev. Scott Onque, policy director for Faith in Place, speaks in favor of the Clean Energy Jobs Act at a video conference on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021 in, Chicago. The legislation revives past efforts to make Illinois carbon-free by 2050 with a series of policies and regulations that encourage investment in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. (Advanced Digital Media via AP)

By 2050, Illinois would use only renewable energy under bill

By John O'connor Feb. 09, 2021 04:36 PM EST

Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi, Emirati Minister of State and Managing Director for the Dubai World Expo, delivers her speech during a media tour to visit Terra, The Sustainability Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo site in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. With the inauguration of Expo 2020 Dubai, the next world's fair, nine months away amid the raging global pandemic that forced its postponement, organizers unveiled the site's signature pavilion to reporters for the first time on Saturday. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)

Expo 2020 unveils key pavilion in Dubai as pandemic surges

By Isabel Debre Jan. 16, 2021 10:20 AM EST

Vannak Anan Prum, who was double trafficked, points to his illustration of an abusive former boss, a palm oil estate owner, in his graphic novel depicting his life as a slave on a fishing boat before being sold onto a Malaysian palm oil plantation, at his home in Pursat, Cambodia, Saturday, March 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Palm oil labor abuses linked to world’s top brands, banks

By Margie Mason And Robin Mcdowell Sep. 24, 2020 12:31 AM EDT