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Climate change is in the news during COP30. We’ve got tips to tackle your climate anxiety
Every autumn, news feeds get flooded with stories about climate change. That's because around this time each year, global leaders gather to discuss collective efforts to limit our emissions of planet-warming gases, released primarily from oil, gas and coal.
AP Interview: Newsom says Trump climate-fighting absence is ‘doubling down on stupid’
Calling America's absence from key United Nations climate negotiations "doubling down on stupid," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday the United States risks being left behind as an economic power.
Record-low temperatures shock the Southeast U.S. while snowfall blankets parts of the Northeast
The first major cold spell of the season plunged parts of the southeastern U.S. into record-low temperatures Tuesday, delivering a shock for 18 million people under a freeze warning across Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Meanwhile, several inches of snow blanketed areas along the eastern Great Lakes as the blast of cold air moved through.
Taiwan evacuates thousands ahead of tropical storm Fung-wong which left 25 dead in the Philippines
Taiwan evacuated more than 3,000 people from vulnerable areas and closed schools and offices on Tuesday ahead of the arrival of tropical storm Fung-wong, which killed at least 25 people and displaced more than 1.4 million in the Philippines.
Traditional acai berry dishes surprise visitors to Brazil climate summit, no sugar added
Some acai berry lovers visiting Brazil for this week's U.N. climate summit are in for a surprise when they taste the fruit popular around the world in smoothies and breakfast bowls.
A lawsuit challenges an Alaska program that allows killing bears as a way to rebuild a caribou herd
Conservation groups sued Monday over a state program in Alaska that authorizes killing brown bears and black bears as a way to increase the size of a once-significant caribou herd in the southwest part of the state. The groups allege the program lacks a scientific basis and is unconstitutional.
U.N. climate talks start with a call for faster action but the U.S. is absent
U.N. climate negotiations began Monday on the edge of the Brazilian Amazon as leaders pushed for accelerating efforts to curb global warming by drastically reducing the carbon pollution that causes it. But top U.S. negotiators were absent.
Typhoon Fung-wong blows away from the Philippines, leaving 8 dead and 1.4 million displaced
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least eight people and displacing more than 1.4 million others.
Arctic air hits much of U.S., bringing snow to some areas and very chilly temperatures to Florida
A blast of the season's first frigid air was bearing down on much of the U.S. on Monday, bringing the prospect of snow to parts of the country, and plunging temperatures in Florida - though it may not get cold enough there for iguanas to tumble from the treetops.
Air pollution levels surge in India’s capital, sparking rare protests
A thick layer of smog enveloped India's capital Monday, filling the air with an acrid smell as pollution levels surged and worsening a public health crisis that has prompted its residents to take the streets to protest and demand government action.
Landmark Paris Agreement set a path to slow warming. The world hasn’t stayed on it
The world has changed dramatically in the decade since leaders celebrated a historic climate agreement in Paris a decade ago, but not quite in ways they expected or wanted.
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slams into Philippines after already killing 2 and displacing 1 million
Super Typhoon Fung-wong slammed ashore on Sunday in the northeastern coast of the Philippines, where the massive storm had already left at least two people dead and forced more than a million people to evacuate from flood- and landslide-prone areas, officials said.
Trump’s energy secretary slams U.N. climate conference in Brazil, where U.S. absence is glaring
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Friday condemned the COP30 environmental summit as harmful and misguided - defying the global scientific consensus and concern by governments worldwide on climate change.
Germany promises support for Brazil’s forest initiative at U.N. climate talks
Presidents and ministers gathered on the edge of the imperiled Amazon rainforest on Friday for a second day of the world's most important talks on climate change, as Brazil sought more pledges for a fund to preserve tropical forests and countries discussed cutting emissions to keep global warming below catastrophic levels.
Farmers’ Almanac predicts snow for mid-Atlantic in final winter forecast
The final edition of Farmers' Almanac projected that the mid-Atlantic region will see "decent snow" this winter.
