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Biden administration acknowledges impacts of oil and gas sales on public land, but hasn't stopped them

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change.

PHOTO: Recycled Formula 1 car on display in Glasgow

By Associated Press

President Joe Biden said that “our current technology alone won’t get us where we need to be.”…

African Union seeks $12.5B from world to tackle climate adaptation

By Associated Press

In his remarks before a meeting of world leaders, President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo noted that the global effort on climate change “can’t be won unless it is won in Africa.”…

Minneapolis voters decide police department's future after George Floyd

By Steve Karnowski, Mohamed Ibrahim, Associated Press

Minneapolis voters were also choosing whether to replace the city's unusual “weak mayor, strong council” system with a more conventional distribution of executive and legislative powers that would give the mayor clearer authority.

From governors' races to a vote on police in Minneapolis: What to watch in Tuesday's elections

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

It may be an odd-numbered year, but Tuesday's elections aren't sleepy, local contests. Voters in Virginia are weighing in on a governor's race that could rattle President Joe Biden and Democrats in Washington.

Republican voting restrictions tested as voters head to the polls

By Christina A. Cassidy, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

For election officials, it’s a chance to counter a year’s worth of misinformation about voting security and restore faith in democracy for those who still have doubts about last year’s presidential election.

WATCH: Biden, Boris Johnson give remarks on Build Back Better World agenda

By Associated Press

In an apparent reference to China, President Joe Biden said it’s important to respond to the needs of developing countries and that projects not be dictated “from afar."…

WATCH: Biden, Boris Johnson give remarks on 'Build Back Better World' agenda at climate talks

By News Desk

President Joe Biden and other world leaders are making a pitch for his Build Back Better World, the U.S. president’s effort to offer an alternative to China’s infrastructure financing, at the COP26 climate talks on Tuesday.

Wealthy nations partner to help South Africa ditch coal

By Associated Press

One focus of the initiative will be helping to create new jobs for tens of thousands of people in South Africa’s coal mining industry.

WATCH: Kyle Rittenhouse trial begins over Kenosha shooting

By Scott Bauer, Michael Tarm, Amy Forliti, Associated Press

A prosecutor says Kyle Rittenhouse instigated the confrontation that led him to shoot three people on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin. But Rittenhouse’s attorney says his client acted in self-defense.