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Global demand spurring Indonesia’s mining boom comes at a cost for many communities

Indonesia’s mining industry is rapidly expanding on demand for the minerals needed to help power the global energy transition, like nickel, cobalt and bauxite.

From destruction to deadly heat, Associated Press photographers capture climate change in 2024

Cyclone Chido leaves Mayotte reeling. Warmer oceans fueled it

China’s getting a big electric car battery swapping boost in 2025. Would that work across the globe?

Nigerians press for solar jobs and electricity, with little success

COP29 UN Climate Conference

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

Azerbaijan accused of ramping up repression of critics ahead of hosting UN climate summit

Food aid interventions can curb climate change-induced hardship. But should they do more?

Azerbaijan is the host of the UN’s climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

Multilateral banks are key to financing the fight against global warming. Here is how they work

At UN climate talks, “sewage” beer from Singapore highlights water scarcity and innovations

Indigenous peoples, impacted by climate change, raise alarm about the planet at COP29

Tea is a way of life in Azerbaijan and center stage at COP29. But it’s not immune to climate change

Indigenous peoples: adapting to and combatting climate change

Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution

The Amazon’s Ashaninka tribe restored their territory. Now they aim to change the region

As climate change alters lakes, tribes and conservationists fight for the future of spearfishing

Behind Upper Midwest tribal spearfishing is a long and violent history of denied treaty rights

More Indigenous youth are learning to spearfish, a connection to ancestors and the land

Climate change destroyed an Alaska village. Its residents are starting over in a new town

In Colombia, Amazon River’s extreme drought falls hard on Indigenous communities

On Navajo Nation, a push to electrify more homes on the vast reservation

For at least a decade Quinault Nation has tried to escape the rising Pacific. Time is running out

Climate and the Arctic

In the polar bear capital of the world, a community lives with the predator next door and loves it

As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives

How Churchill embraces its title as polar bear capital of the world

Offering a dose of healing, curious beluga whales frolic in a warming Hudson Bay

In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

Manitoba’s train is a lifeline for many towns. Now tourists are also discovering the route

Extreme weather and its impact on humans

Runners are used to toughing it out. A warming climate can make that deadly

Hotter summers are making high school football a fatal game for some players

Sweaty corn is making it even more humid

For India’s garbage pickers, a miserable and dangerous job made worse by extreme heat

Summer camps are for getting kids outdoors, but more frequent heat waves force changes

How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart

Climate change made killer heat wave in Mexico, Southwest US even warmer and 35 times more likely

Cascading disasters push residents of a Nepalese valley to the brink

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Humans caused climate change. Amid the suffering, now they must solve it

In Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, a hidden underground world is under threat by the Maya Train

Likely in its last decade, a Czech coal mine provides fuel for electricity and heat

In Zimbabwe, schoolchildren face threats from animals. Now they are learning how to spot the dangers

The Galapagos Islands and many of their unique creatures are at risk from warming waters

In Indonesia, women ranger teams go on patrol to slow deforestation

Gulf oil spill: Workers left behind

Once praised, settlement to help sickened BP oil spill workers leaves most with nearly nothing

Takeaways from AP’s story on the BP oil spill medical settlement’s shortcomings

BP defeated thousands of suits by sick Gulf spill cleanup workers. But not one by a boat captain

Number of dead and missing still unclear as first aid arrives in quake-hit Pacific nation of Vanuatu

The number of people killed and missing remains unclear two days after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu.

After victory over Florida in water war, Georgia will let farmers drill new irrigation wells

For more than a decade, farmers in parts of southwest Georgia haven’t been able to drill new irrigation wells to the Floridian aquifer.

Invasive ‘murder hornets’ are wiped out in the US, officials say

The world’s largest hornet has been declared eradicated in the U.S. The invasive northern giant hornet is also known as the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and its ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours.

Global warming can’t be ignored, Montana’s top court says, upholding landmark climate case

Montana’s Supreme Court has upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.

Endangered whales found entangled in rope off Massachusetts, and 1 is likely to die

The federal government says that two endangered whales have been spotted entangled in fishing gear off Massachusetts and that one is likely to die from its injuries.

Brr! Winter adds an old-school challenge to the CFP. Visiting teams insist it’s ‘snow’ problem

Asked if playing in near-freezing weather at Ohio State might pose a challenge for his team, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel quickly noted that it wouldn’t be the Volunteers’ first rodeo with the cold.

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035

The Environmental Protection Agency has granted two requests from California to enforce strict standards for vehicle emissions, including a rule aimed at banning sales of new gasoline-powered cars in the state by 2035.

Barcelona subway recycles energy from braking into power to charge electric cars

Barcelona’s subway system is using regenerative braking to help power both its convoys but also recharge electric cars at street level.

Group says New Jersey toxic waste dumping caused $1B in harm, calls settlement inadequate

A Jersey Shore environmental group says damage from decades of toxic waste dumping at one of America’s most notorious pollution sites caused $1 billion worth of damages.

AP photographers capture stunning scenes of nature and wildlife in 2024

An insect hovers near flowers decorating the area around the holy remains of the patron saint of the Romanian capital Bucharest.

Energy chief Granholm warns against ‘unfettered exports’ of liquefied natural gas

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the incoming Trump administration should proceed cautiously as it considers proposals for new natural gas export terminals.

Family of ‘Cop City’ activist who was killed by troopers files lawsuit

The family of an environmental activist shot and killed by state troopers near the site of a planned Atlanta-area police and firefighter training center activists call “Cop City” has filed a lawsuit against three law enforcement officers.

Small winter catch set for New England’s long-closed shrimp industry, a climate casualty

New England shrimp will come back to seafood counters in small amounts next year under a research fishing program.

California’s Pacific Gas & Electric could receive $15B in federal loans to modernize its power grid

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California.

Boston plans to renovate a crumbling stadium for its new women’s soccer team. Not everyone is happy

Boston is planning to renovate a crumbling stadium in one of the city’s most diverse neighborhoods for its new professional women’s soccer team.

Authorities impose overnight curfew in cyclone-ravaged Mayotte as France rushes in aid

An overnight curfew goes into force Tuesday evening as Mayotte struggles to recover from Cyclone Chido, the strongest storm to hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years.

26 people arrested in crackdown on illegal deforestation along Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina border

Interpol says a crackdown on suspected illegal deforestation in South America has netted 26 arrests.

California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?

The Newsom administration is refining a contentious set of proposed rules, years in the making, that would reshape how farms and cities draw water from the Central Valley’s Delta and its rivers.

Growing oil industry support for methane reduction rule could help it survive Trump’s return

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — From the street they’re easy to miss. But in the self-proclaimed “American Dream City” — famous for its roller coasters and sport stadiums — residents know where to spot them.

Can U.N. summits save the planet? A faltering year of talks brings up questions about the process

In the past few months United Nations-sponsored negotiations to tackle climate change have either outright failed or come out with limited outcomes.