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Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport's expansion for private planes

Greta Thunberg joins hundreds marching in England to protest airport's expansion for private planes

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined a march in southern England on Saturday to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an airport.
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Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast

Parts of B.C. under flood watch as atmospheric rivers wash over South Coast

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has improved its warning systems since the last flooding disaster in B.C., and Premier David Eby says it will be on top of the latest series of atmospheric rivers rolling over the South Coast in the next few days.
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Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program

Small farmers hit by extreme weather could get assistance from proposed insurance program

MIDDLESEX, Vt. (AP) — Since catastrophic flooding hit Vermont in July and waterlogged crops, some farmers are trying to figure out how to get through the next season.
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Liquefied Natural Gas: What to know about LNG and Biden's decision to delay gas export proposals

Liquefied Natural Gas: What to know about LNG and Biden's decision to delay gas export proposals

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals i n the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

NJ Transit scraps plan for gas-fired backup power plant, heartening environmental justice advocates

New Jersey's public transit agency said Friday it is scrapping plans for a backup power plant that would have been fueled by natural gas, heartening environmental justice advocates who targeted it and several other power plants in largely minority ar
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Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

Biden delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying consideration of new natural gas export terminals in the United States, even as gas shipments to Europe and Asia have soared since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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People take to the beach as a winter heat wave hits much of Spain

People take to the beach as a winter heat wave hits much of Spain

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says abnormally high temperatures for the season are set to continue in many parts of the country over the weekend.
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A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?

A landslide of contaminated soil threatens environmental disaster in Denmark. Who pays to stop it?

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities in Denmark are working against the clock to stop a slow-moving landslide of contaminated soil from reaching a nearby water source as public officials and the company that operated the site argue over who should
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Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations climate summit in Dubai was wrapping up last month when John Kerry went to a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua only to find a surprise waiting for him.
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Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action

Kerry and Xie exit roles that defined generation of climate action

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations climate summit in Dubai was wrapping up last month when John Kerry went to a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua only to find a surprise waiting for him.
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