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Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process

Dec. 16, 2024 11:54 AM EST

The world's nations keep faltering in their efforts to join together to save the planet from several environmental crises. In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change, plastic pollution, loss of global species and a growing number of deserts...

A list of mispronounced words provides a retrospective of 2024, from Kamala to Chappell

Dec. 04, 2024 14:19 PM EST

DALLAS (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and breakout pop star Chappell Roan were among the year's most talked-about people. Their names were also among the most mispronounced. On Wednesday, the language-learning company Babbel and closed-captioning company The Captioning Group...

Greta Thunberg protests against Azerbaijan hosting global climate summit

Nov. 11, 2024 13:36 PM EST

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Monday attended a rally in Georgia to protest against Azerbaijan hosting the annual United Nations climate talks. Thunberg and scores of other activists who rallied in Tbilisi, the capital of the South Caucasus nation,...

Australian states back national plan to ban children younger than 16 from social media

Nov. 08, 2024 01:23 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16. Leaders of the eight provinces held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to discuss...

Climate activists cleared in UK of charges in rooftop protest at Sunak's estate

Sep. 21, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Four Greenpeace activists arrested for scaling the country estate of former U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and draping it in black fabric to protest his plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the North Sea have been cleared of criminal charges. Judge Adrian Lower in...

In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn't fast enough

Sep. 20, 2024 19:45 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish parliament, people around a warming globe marched in youth-led protest, saying their voices are being heard but not sufficiently acted upon. Emissions...