Climate Change

Climate envoy says U.S., China must end world's 'suicide pact'

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has called on China to join America in urgently cutting greenhouse gas emissions and described the international alliances that rebuilt Europe after World War II as a model for fighting climate change.

Huge Oregon blaze grows as wildfires burn across western US

By Associated Press

The largest wildfire in the U.S. torched more dry forest landscape in Oregon on Sunday, one of dozens of major blazes burning across the West as critically dangerous fire weather loomed in the coming days.

Merkel tours 'surreal' flood scene, vows aid, climate action

By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

Merkel toured Schuld, a village on a tight curve of the Ahr River in western Germany where many buildings were damaged or destroyed by rapidly rising floodwaters Wednesday night.

Greenland suspends oil exploration because of climate change

By Associated Press

The left-leaning government of Greenland has decided to suspend all oil exploration off the world's largest island, calling it is "a natural step" because the Arctic government "takes the climate crisis seriously."…

5 Stories: Manicures with microchips, Dorothy's dress finds its way home and other stories you missed

By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin

A giant panda comeback, microchip manicures and Judy Garland’s “Wizard of Oz” isn’t in Kansas anymore. Check out these stories and others you might have missed on this week's episode of 5 Stories.

Largest wildfire in Oregon expands further; new evacuations

By Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press

Firefighters scrambled on Friday to control a raging inferno in southeastern Oregon that’s spreading miles a day in windy conditions, one of numerous conflagrations across the U.S. West that are straining resources.

Western fires threaten parched American Indian tribal lands

By Sara Cline, Nathan Howard, Associated Press

Fierce wildfires in the northwest are threatening American Indian tribal lands that already are struggling to conserve water and preserve traditional hunting grounds in the face of a Western drought.

U.S. drilling approvals increase despite Biden climate pledge

By Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Approvals for companies to drill for oil and gas on U.S. public lands are on pace this year to reach their highest level since George W. Bush was president.

U.S. and Russia say climate talks a springboard to ease tensions

By Associated Press

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have expressed hope that climate change talks could help reduce escalating tensions between the two rival nations.

Wildfires rage as U.S. West grapples with heat wave, drought

By Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Firefighters were working in extreme temperatures across the U.S. West and struggling to contain wildfires, the largest burning in California and Oregon, as another heat wave baked the region, straining power grids.