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US touts new era of collaboration with Native American tribes to manage public lands and water
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is entering a new era of collaboration with Native American and Alaska Native leaders in managing public lands and other resources, with top federal officials saying that incorporating more Indigenous knowledge into decision-making can help spur...
Turkish and Greek leaders turn on the charm in Athens as they vow to leave years of animosity behind
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After years of strained relations that raised tensions to alarming levels, longtime regional rivals Greece and Turkey made a significant step Thursday in mending ties during a visit to Athens by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a day of intense...
Oregon power company to pay nearly $300 million to settle latest lawsuit over 2020 wildfires
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Electricity utility PacifiCorp will pay $299 million to settle a lawsuit brought by 463 individual plaintiffs who were harmed by devastating wildfires in southern Oregon in 2020. The settlement announced Tuesday comes after the utility lost a similar lawsuit...
AP PHOTOS: An earthquake, a shipwreck and a king's coronation are among Europe's views in 2023
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two men play with a ball in the placid sea; a woman practices yoga where the water meets the hot sand. No one looks back — at the hellscape that starts a few beach-towel lengths away. The black bones of pine trees and scrub stretch inland as far as the eye...
Endangered red squirrel's numbers show decrease this year in southeastern Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel showed a decrease in the latest population estimate in the Pinaleño Mountains of southeastern Arizona, authorities said Tuesday. The annual survey conducted jointly by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, Coronado National...
Lebanon's Christians feel the heat of climate change in its sacred forest and valley
BCHARRE, Lebanon (AP) — Majestic cedar trees towered over dozens of Lebanese Christians gathered outside a small mid-19th century chapel hidden in a mountain forest to celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration, the miracle where Jesus Christ, on a mountaintop, shined with light before his...
Global warming could cost poor countries trillions. They've urged the COP28 climate summit to help
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent developing-world leader on the issue of climate change said Monday that global taxes on the financial services, oil and gas, and shipping industries could drum up hundreds of billions of dollars for poorer countries to adapt and cope with global...
Lacking counselors, US schools turn to the booming business of online therapy
Trouble with playground bullies started for Maria Ishoo’s daughter in elementary school. Girls ganged up, calling her “fat” and “ugly.” Boys tripped and pushed her. The California mother watched her typically bubbly second-grader retreat into her bedroom and spend afternoons curled up in...
UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future. The World Meteorological...
How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for progress and energy to fuel it
Amidst record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to curb the centuries-long trend of humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. For hundreds of...
