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WATCH: Countries agree to cut methane by at least 30 percent by 2030

By Associated Press

Nations responsible for almost half the world’s methane emissions are signing a pledge Tuesday.

U.S. says oil and gas sales damage climate, but won't quit them yet

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.

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.

Biden climate plan aims to reduce methane emissions

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The proposed rule would for the first time target reductions from existing oil and gas wells nationwide, rather than focus only on new wells as previous regulations have done.

More than 100 countries pledge to end deforestation at COP26

By Frank Jordans, Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Britain hailed the commitment as the first big achievement of the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow. But campaigners say they need to see the detail — such promises have been made, and broken, before.

SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves

By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press

SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away.

A look at the top issues for this year's UN climate summit

By Frank Jordans, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

This year’s U.N. climate summit in Glasgow renews an urgent question to the international community: Can the world come together to confront the common enemy of global warming before it’s too late?…

As Biden heads to climate change conference, half of Americans think the U.S. isn't doing enough

By Laura Santhanam

Younger people, who will inherit the choices of previous generations, were much more likely than others to feel that the global community is not doing enough to prevent climate change from getting worse, according to this latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.

How global climate negotiations work, and what to expect from the COP26 summit in Glasgow

By Shelley Inglis, The Conversation

A former UN adviser explains what happens at climate summits like COP26 and why people fear this one won’t meet its goals.

4 key issues to watch as world leaders prepare for the Glasgow climate summit

By Rachel Kyte, The Conversation

The world isn’t on track to avoid dangerous climate change, and this year’s climate conference, COP26, is crucial, a former senior UN official writes.