Climate / Environment

Germany’s Greens to pick candidate for chancellor April 19

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<p>BERLIN &mdash; Germany's environmentalist Greens will decide later this month which of their two co-leaders will make the party's first run for the chancellery...

Honduras trial in Indigenous activist’s murder paused

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — The trial of an alleged mastermind in the killing of Berta Cáceres, a prize-winning environmental and Indigenous rights defender in Honduras,...

Biofuels producers, farmers not sold on switch to electric

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<p>DES MOINES, Iowa &mdash; The president and auto industry maintain the nation is on the cusp of a gigantic shift to electric vehicles and...

GOP lawmakers slam EPA chief over firing of science advisers

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WASHINGTON — Two House Republicans are demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency provide records related to a decision by the agency's new leader to...

Czechs partially ease lockdown; kids to return to school

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PRAGUE — The Czech government on Tuesday approved the first easing of its tight lockdown in one of the European Union's hardest-hit countries, allowing...

EU approves $4.7 billion in state aid to carrier Air France

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<p>BRUSSELS &mdash; The European Union has approved $4.7 billion in government aid for national carrier Air France as it struggles through the economic impact...

Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in US West

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BILLINGS, Mont. — Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change...

EXPLAINER: Can Biden add energy jobs? Hope mixes with doubt

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<p>NEW YORK &mdash; Good-paying jobs — many of them.</p> <p>That′s the...

NJ blames bacteria for dead fish in rivers, bays since fall

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RED BANK, N.J. — New Jersey environmental authorities are working to identify the bacteria that appears to be killing fish in several waterways. ...

African leaders call for climate financing acceleration

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<p>DAKAR, Senegal &mdash; African leaders rallied Tuesday in a virtual summit calling for scaled-up actions and financing to combat the effects of climate change...