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Sharp disagreements over future of planet-warming fossil fuels at UN climate talks in Dubai

Sharp disagreements over future of planet-warming fossil fuels at UN climate talks in Dubai

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A standoff between countries that want a dramatic phase-out of planet-warming fossil fuels and those that don't pushed a critical climate summit officially into overtime on Tuesday.
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Alberta family protects grasslands in partnership with Nature Conservancy of Canada

Alberta family protects grasslands in partnership with Nature Conservancy of Canada

CALGARY — Some important Prairie grasslands are being protected in southwestern Alberta.
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Crews work to contain gas pipeline spill in Washington state

CONWAY, Wash. (AP) — Responders set up a containment boom after a gasoline spill from the weekend failure of part of a pipeline in northwest Washington state, but federal regulators reported no signs Tuesday of any fuel reaching the Skagit River.
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After record year, unreliable weather pushes maple syrup production to five-year low

After record year, unreliable weather pushes maple syrup production to five-year low

OTTAWA — New figures from Statistics Canada show maple syrup production hit a five-year low in Canada this year, a trend the agency blames on severe storms and changing temperatures. The numbers show Canadian maple producers harvested 47.
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As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what's at stake

As COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what's at stake

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In the bustling halls where global climate talks are being held, onetime farmer Joseph Kenson Sakala of Malawi is sharing the story of how fossil fuel development upended his life — and hoping that negotiators liste
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At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture

At least $2.1 billion in new funds pledged at COP28, as foundations focus on health and agriculture

With the United Nations climate talks wrapping up in Dubai, foundations and other funders pledged at least $2.1 billion in new financing to reduce climate impacts, especially from agriculture , and increasing help for vulnerable communities.
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Poor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash

Poor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A large, long-shot effort is being developed to mobilize money to save Planet Earth.
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Police and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation

Police and customs seize live animals, horns and ivory in global wildlife trafficking operation

PARIS (AP) — Interpol and the World Customs Organization said Tuesday they seized 53 primates, four big cats and more than 1,300 birds, as well as some 300 kilograms of ivory, thousands of turtle eggs, and rhino horns, leopard skins, and lion teeth a
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Australians prepare for their first cyclone of the season

BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s season is forecast to cross the northeast coast on Wednesday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rai
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As COP28 nears finish, critics say proposal 'doesn't even come close' to what's needed on climate

As COP28 nears finish, critics say proposal 'doesn't even come close' to what's needed on climate

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators from around the world haggled deep into the night to try to strike a deal to halt global warming at United Nations climate talks, with Western powers and vulnerable developing countries worried that a pr
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