Environmental policy
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

President of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP26, Alok Sharma prepares for a speech at Whitelee Windfarm in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday May 14, 2021. Sharma is setting out the importance of COP26 and the UK's ambitions over the next six months, running up to hosting the Nov. 1-12 summit, bringing world leaders together to face climate change issues. (Russell Cheyne/PA via AP)
UK backs plans for in-person COP26 climate meeting

By Mike Fuller May. 14, 2021 06:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2019, file photo, kicking off her book tour, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks at George Washington University in Washington. On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly asserting that a copy of Harris’ children's book, “Superheroes Are Everywhere,” is being given to every migrant child in a Long Beach, Calif., facility housing unaccompanied minors who recently arrived at the border. (AP Photo/Sait Serkan Gurbuz, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2021 01:28 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Apr. 29, 2021 12:19 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ April 29 The Los Angeles Times...

Editorial Roundup: Nebraska

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Omaha World-Herald. April 24, 2021. Editorial: A National Heritage Area in rural Nebraska is an opportunity, not a threat ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)
Unmute, please: Echoes, glitches resound in virtual summit

By Seth Borenstein Apr. 22, 2021 02:01 PM EDT

In this April 15, 2021, photo, President Joe Biden speaks about Russia in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Biden is being forced to go virtual for many of his leader-to-leader talks during the pandemic and the resulting Zoom meetings just aren't a natural fit for the back-slapping politician. Biden's big climate summit this week with dozens of world leaders is a moment for him to play cheerleader in the fight against global warming. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden's virtual climate summit: Diplomacy sans human touch

By Jonathan Lemire, Seth Borenstein And Aamer Madhani Apr. 20, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

In this photo provided by U.S. Embassy Seoul, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, left, and South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, right, pose for photograph at the Foreign Minister's residence in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (U.S. Embassy Seoul via AP)
After China, US envoy Kerry in S. Korea for climate talks

By Kim Tong-Hyung Apr. 17, 2021 11:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 7, 2021, file photo, Mobile Emergency Care Service (SAMU) workers carry an elderly COVID-19 patient to an ambulance in Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Nations around the world set new records Thursday, April 8, for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. Brazil became just the third country, after the U.S. and Peru, to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Grim view of global future offered in intelligence report

By Eric Tucker Apr. 08, 2021 04:13 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris, right, administers the ceremonial swearing-in of Michael Regan as EPA administrator in the Vice President's Ceremonial Office at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, March 17, 2021. With EPA Administrator Regan are his wife Melvina Thomas Regan, son Matthew Silas, 7. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
AP Interview: EPA head removes Trump-era science advisers

By Matthew Daly Mar. 31, 2021 11:01 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Illinois

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Chicago Tribune. March 22, 2021. Editorial: Billions in federal money headed to Illinois. How many pickleball courts can it buy? ...

InvestigateWest: Activists fight fossil-fuel pipelines

By Braela Kwan Mar. 16, 2021 05:27 PM EDT
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Members of Canada’s First Nations and their allies are mounting last-ditch challenges to two massive fossil fuel pipelines...

Maryland bill would refine environmental justice commission

By Madison Hunt Of Capital News Service Mar. 05, 2021 05:26 PM EST
A bill in the Maryland Senate would reform a commission to reflect the diversity within the state and expand to help vulnerable communities affected by...

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 30, 2018 file photo smoke rises from a factory as a truck loaded with cars crosses a bridge in Paris. Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose slightly in December compared to the same month of 2019, indicating the sharp drop seen due to the pandemic was short-lived. Figures released Tuesday by the International Energy Agency show emissions from the production and use of oil, gas and coal were 2% higher in December 2020 than a year earlier. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Energy-related emissions up in December despite pandemic

By Frank Jordans Mar. 02, 2021 04:31 AM EST

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021 file photo, the morning sun is seen through a blanket of smog on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. A United Nations report released on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, finds the countries of the world are not promising to do enough carbon-cutting to keep global warming from hitting dangerous levels. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
UN: Carbon-cutting pledges by countries nowhere near enough

By Seth Borenstein Feb. 26, 2021 08:01 AM EST

Top energy lawmakers optimistic despite divided Legislature

By Frank Jossie Of Energy News Network Jan. 30, 2021 01:01 AM EST
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — In a legislative session likely to be dominated by the state’s pandemic response, two key leaders in Minnesota’s divided Legislature see...

President Joe Biden signs an executive order on climate change, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
EXPLAINER: Executive orders can be swift but fleeting

By Aamer Madhani Jan. 28, 2021 12:11 AM EST

The Oval Office of the White House is newly redecorated for the first day of President Joe Biden's administration, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
On Day One, Biden targets Trump policies on climate, virus

By Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani Jan. 20, 2021 05:03 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2021, file photo President-elect Joe Biden speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Biden's long political evolution leads to his biggest test

By Bill Barrow Jan. 17, 2021 03:17 PM EST

British Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward poses for a photo, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
UN envoy: Britain is `gung ho' about world role after Brexit

By Edith M. Lederer Jan. 10, 2021 12:34 AM EST