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Top climate negotiators urge tougher targets, but outsiders say they aren't cutting back themselves

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A trio of leaders of international climate negotiations on Thursday urged colleagues to step up efforts to fight global warming, but outside groups and endangered nations told those leaders to look in the mirror, take their own
Fire marshal cancels hearing for ammonia plant amid overflowing crowd and surging public interest

Fire marshal cancels hearing for ammonia plant amid overflowing crowd and surging public interest

ST. ROSE, La. (AP) — A fire marshal shut down a public hearing for a proposed ammonia production facility in Louisiana as public interest surged and crowds overflowed a public library in St. Charles Parish.
Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change

Brewing a cold beer on a warming planet is hard. Germany uses education to fight climate change

MUNICH (AP) — The keys to combating the climate change that's wreaking havoc on Germany's beer industry could lie inside a plant nursery — nicknamed "our kindergarten" — at the Society of Hop Research north of Munich.
More deadly than wind, storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be devastating

More deadly than wind, storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be devastating

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In 2005, Hurricane Dennis landed near the Alabama-Florida state line as a Category 3 hurricane.
More deadly than wind, storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be devastating

More deadly than wind, storm surge from Hurricane Helene could be devastating

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — In 2005, Hurricane Dennis landed near the Alabama-Florida state line as a Category 3 hurricane.
Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision

Alberta First Nation angered over lack of consultation in dam decision

A southern Alberta First Nation says it will fight a government decision on a dam that it says broke promises to take its concerns into account.

US resumes hazardous waste shipments to Michigan landfill from Ohio

VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A federal agency said it has resumed sending hazardous waste to a Michigan landfill from Ohio while communities in suburban Detroit continue their legal fight to bar waste from a World War II-era site in New York.
Hurricane Helene is unusual - but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect

Hurricane Helene is unusual - but it's not an example of the Fujiwhara Effect

Treacherous Hurricane Helene is expected to make landfall Thursday evening on Florida’s northwestern coast and then continue on to torment parts of Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee with heavy rain, flash floods and gusty winds.
Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter

Drag queen Pattie Gonia aims to give the climate movement a makeover with joy and laughter

NEW YORK (AP) — Dressed in a sequin-laced, sleeveless top and puffy pink skirt, drag queen Pattie Gonia strides around the stage in white high-heeled boots that come up to the knees, telling the crowd that nature must be a woman.
Deadly flooding in Central Europe made twice as likely by climate change

Deadly flooding in Central Europe made twice as likely by climate change

WASHINGTON (AP) — Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood and intensified the heavy rains that led to devastating flooding in Central Europe earlier this month, a new flash study found.
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