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School closures and travel delays as Arctic air brings snow and sleet to parts of the UK

School closures and travel delays as Arctic air brings snow and sleet to parts of the UK

LONDON (AP) 鈥 Dozens of schools closed and road and train travel ground to a halt in many parts of the U.K. on Tuesday as a cold snap brought snow, ice and sleet across the country.
German police break up an environmental activists' camp near Tesla plant outside Berlin

German police break up an environmental activists' camp near Tesla plant outside Berlin

BERLIN (AP) 鈥 German police broke up a protest camp housing environmental activists in a forest near the Tesla electric car factory in Gr眉nheide outside Berlin on Tuesday, citing violations of public safety and order.
Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?

Big money to respond to climate change is key to UN talks in Baku. How can nations raise it?

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) 鈥 Just as a simple lever can move heavy objects, rich nations are hoping another kind of leverage 鈥 the financial sort 鈥 can help them come up with the money that poorer nations need to cope with climate change.

Northern California and Pacific Northwest brace for atmospheric river

SEATTLE (AP) 鈥 Northern California and the Pacific Northwest are bracing for what is expected to be the strongest storm of the season so far, with heavy rain and winds set to pummel the region and potentially cause power outages and flash floods.
At UN climate talks, farmers argue for a share of money dedicated to fighting climate change

At UN climate talks, farmers argue for a share of money dedicated to fighting climate change

BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) 鈥 Extreme heat ruined the pineapples on Esther Penunia's small farm in the Philippines this year, more disappointment than catastrophe since Penunia doesn't depend on the farm for a living.
UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

UK farmers plan to protest at Parliament over a tax hike they say will ruin family farms

LONDON (AP) 鈥 With banners, bullhorns, toy tractors and an angry message, British farmers are descending on Parliament on Tuesday to protest a hike in inheritance tax that they say will deal a 鈥渉ammer blow鈥 to struggling family farms. U.K.
In southern India's tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests

In southern India's tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests

UDHAGAMANDALAM, India (AP) 鈥 Scattered groves of native trees, flowers and the occasional prehistoric burial ground are squeezed between hundreds of thousands of tea shrubs in southern India's Nilgiris region 鈥 a gateway to a time before colonization
Dix out as health minister as Eby introduces a drastically reshaped B.C. NDP cabinet

Dix out as health minister as Eby introduces a drastically reshaped B.C. NDP cabinet

VICTORIA 鈥 Premier David Eby says "kitchen table" issues in British Columbia will be the focus for his revamped, postelection cabinet that was sworn in on Monday.

$375M announced for Indigenous-led conservation in Northwest Territories

OTTAWA 鈥 K'ahsho Got'ine guardians Twyla Edgi-Masuzumi, John Tobac and Buddy Gully pulled more than 300 fish out of the waters last week, distributing them to community members in the Northwest Territories who often struggle with the high cost of foo
NYC issues first drought warning in 22 years, pauses aqueduct repairs to bring in more water

NYC issues first drought warning in 22 years, pauses aqueduct repairs to bring in more water

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 New York City on Monday issued its first drought warning in 22 years after months of little rain -- and will restart the flow of drinking water from an out-of-service aqueduct as supplies run low.
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