Tag: Environmental concerns
In Biden climate show, watch for cajoling, conflict, pathos
It won't rival Netflix for drama, but 40 world leaders will try to save the planet from ever worsening global warming in a two-day...
EU reaches major climate deal ahead of Biden climate summit
<p>BRUSSELS — The European Union reached a tentative climate deal that should make the 27-nation bloc climate-neutral by 2050, with member states and parliament...
US ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June
BILLINGS, Mont. — The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of...
Behind production of a top-selling bourbon, push to go green
<p>LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The process of making fine whiskey involves aging spirits to a golden brown, but a bourbon producing giant is going green...
Michigan agency to include climate in tunnel permit review
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — A Michigan agency delivered a split decision Wednesday in a high-stakes battle over a pipeline that carries oil beneath a...
Updated field guides, other titles lure readers outdoors
<p>The new season of spring shows has begun, and viewership is way up by all accounts.</p>
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Germany vows to boost cycling as part of climate effort
<p>BERLIN — Germany, home to the Autobahn and a powerful motor industry, wants its citizens to spend less time driving and more time cycling...
Greta Thunberg docuseries amplifies her climate change fight
<p>NEW YORK — Greta Thunberg turned 18 in January, but she’s already made peace with her future: While most college students will change their...
As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts
<p>PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Climate scientists <a href="https://apnews.com/article/f9732784135c4f4a8963daff79e2583e">have </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/843e1c7d1fdd494fb73bdfda47283fc9">warned </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-deadly-winter-storms-2021-df7d37d12ef13633bb5666e1151bcf9e">for </a><a href="https://apnews.com/article/wildfires-climate-change-climate-fires-weather-d7d327453d725d4eed328063c78a03a1">years </a> that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like...
Biden aims for momentum as US returns to climate fight
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a global summit Thursday...