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FILE - The Olympic logo is seen on a hillside at Zhangjiakou Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou in northern China's Hebei Province, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
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...

In this undated photo provided by Goodwill Northern New England, a donation attendant working for Goodwill Northern New England at the Westbrook, Maine, store looks at a broken picture frame and a broken cat scratching post. Experts note the coronavirus pandemic has encouraged many to clean their homes and get rid of stuff they don’t want. And during the past year, several Goodwill agencies say they've seen an increase in unwanted donations, and in turn, their trash bills. (Heather Steeves/Goodwill Northern New England via AP)
Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash

By Haleluya Hadero May. 19, 2021 11:57 AM EDT

Prof working to make environmentally friendly disinfectant

May. 16, 2021 10:33 AM EDT
ORONO, Maine (AP) — The federal government has awarded more than $300,000 to a University of Maine engineering professor who is working to increase production...

Editorial Roundup: Tennessee

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Kingsport Times News. May 4, 2021. Editorial: Gov. Lee jumped the gun on mask requirements “We have never had a...

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Columbus Dispatch. April, 23, 2021. Editorial: We can fight hunger together There is probably never a great time to ask...

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

Eugenia Alexander is planning to build a creative green safe space for the community serving the city of East Saint Louis at the intersection of Trendley Ave. and 11th St. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
Urban farmers work to bring fresh food to southwest Illinois

By Deasia Paige Apr. 11, 2021 01:01 AM EDT

Youths looking for valuable items in the trash to resell ride on the back of a garbage truck entering the Pavia garbage dump on the outskirts of Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. Annually, about 14% of the world’s food ends up in the garbage, even before it reaches the market, according to figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, but now in Venezuela, extremely high costs push people to reconsider what they throw away. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Venezuelan children pick through garbage for food, valuables

By Juan Pablo Arráez Mar. 10, 2021 01:47 PM EST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, and Premier Li Keqiang stand as they arrive for the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
China sets growth target 'over 6%,' tightening HK control

By Joe Mcdonald Mar. 04, 2021 09:21 PM EST

FILE - In this March 11, 2008, file photo, moderator Dick Kipperman, right, accepts a resident's ballot during the annual town meeting in Springfield, N.H. The COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting New England town meetings in 2021, a tradition where citizens gather to debate and decide on local issues. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Could pandemic further erode the New England town meeting?

By Wilson Ring Feb. 26, 2021 10:29 AM EST

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

This 2020 photo provided by Honda Motor Co. shows Toshihiro Mibe. Japanese automaker Honda said Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, Mibe replaces Hachigo effective April 1, and subject to shareholders’ approval at a meeting in June. (Honda Motor Co. via AP)
Honda taps tech expert as chief to steer in ecological times

By Yuri Kageyama Feb. 19, 2021 04:28 AM EST

FILE - In this March 19, 2020 file photo, a food delivery service man rides his bike in Paris. Some 19 meal delivery companies in France including Uber Eats and Deliveroo have pledged to the French government to reduce their operational waste. With the pandemic-forced closure of restaurants, there has been a boom in home food delivery -- generating more waste that ever before. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
Food delivery companies in France pledge to cut waste

Feb. 15, 2021 09:17 AM EST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016 file photo, the Shell logo on pumps at a petrol station in London. Global energy company Shell said it plans to eliminate seven refineries and reduce production of gasoline and diesel fuel by 55% over the next decade as it unveiled new plans for reaching its goal of being carbon neutral by 2050. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
Greener pastures: Shell plans steady drop in oil business

By Danica Kirka Feb. 11, 2021 10:32 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

This image provided by General Motors shows the new company logo. General Motors is changing its corporate logo and starting an electric vehicle marketing campaign as it tries to refurbish its image from a maker of gas-powered pickups and SUVs to a clean vehicle company. The 112-year-old Detroit automaker says, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, the campaign will show GM’s progressive company vision as it promises to roll out 30 new battery-powered vehicles globally by the end of 2025. (General Motors via AP)
General Motors sets goal of going largely electric by 2035

By Michelle Chapman Jan. 28, 2021 11:02 AM EST