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Climate activists smear themselves with mud to evoke flooding in Italy

Climate activists smear themselves with mud to evoke flooding in Italy

ROME (AP) — A pair of bare-chested protesters smeared themselves with mud outside the Senate building in Rome on Tuesday to protest fossil fuel use and remind people of the dangers of flooding linked to climate change. Police quickly removed the two.
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5 takeaways from AP's series on health disparities impacting Black Americans

5 takeaways from AP's series on health disparities impacting Black Americans

The Associated Press spent a year examining how racial health disparities have harmed generations of Black Americans. From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts.
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Climate protesters dragged from Shell shareholder meeting as they rush stage

Climate protesters dragged from Shell shareholder meeting as they rush stage

LONDON (AP) — Climate change protesters were dragged away as they tried to storm the stage at Shell’s shareholder meeting Tuesday, while activist investors added pressure with a resolution demanding the global oil and gas giant beef up its emissions
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Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish set for Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet' show for climate financing

Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish set for Global Citizen's 'Power Our Planet' show for climate financing

Music superstars Lenny Kravitz, Billie Eilish and H.E.R. will team with advocacy nonprofit Global Citizen for a free concert in front of the Eiffel Tower designed to convince world leaders to take further action against climate change.
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Emirati leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu, Herzog, to join COP28 climate conference in Dubai

Emirati leaders invite Israel's Netanyahu, Herzog, to join COP28 climate conference in Dubai

JERUSALEM (AP) — Emirati leaders extended a long-sought invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the U.N climate conference, known as COP28, in November.
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'Mother Nature has no mercy': Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in

'Mother Nature has no mercy': Man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns as tide comes in

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him, authorities said.
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Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

Breakthrough proposal would aid drought-stricken Colorado River as 3 Western states offer cuts

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Arizona, Nevada and California said Monday they’re willing to cut back on their use of the dwindling Colorado River in exchange for money from the federal government -- and to avoid forced cuts as drought threatens the key water supp
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California officials say communities near refilling Tulare Lake now unlikely to flood

SACRAMENTO, Calif.
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Book Review: In 'Brave the Wild River,' the true story of 2 scientists who explored the Grand Canyon

Book Review: In 'Brave the Wild River,' the true story of 2 scientists who explored the Grand Canyon

PHOENIX (AP) — “Brave the Wild River: The Untold Story of Two Women Who Mapped the Botany of the Grand Canyon” by Melissa L. Sevigny (W. W.
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Nigeria opens Africa’s biggest oil refinery as it tries to boost struggling sector

Nigeria opens Africa’s biggest oil refinery as it tries to boost struggling sector

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday opened Africa’s biggest oil refinery, with hopes it would help the energy-rich country achieve self-sufficiency and become a net exporter of refined petroleum products.
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