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Some nations want to remove more pollution than they produce. That will take giving nature a boost

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Why promise net zero emissions when you can go even lower, such as negative emissions? As countries at the COP28 climate talks are wrangling over ways to lower their greenhouse gas emissions, a Danish-led group of c
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At COP28, Indigenous women have a message for leaders: Look at what we're doing. And listen

At COP28, Indigenous women have a message for leaders: Look at what we're doing. And listen

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With a sprig of leaves and rainwater carried from her island in the Philippines, Grace Talawag delivered a prayer and a blessing for her delegation and onlookers in a negotiation hall at the United Nations climate s
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Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods

Tennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods

NASHVILLE, Tenn.
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At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and adapting to climate as talks near crunch time

At COP28, sticking points remain on fossil fuels and adapting to climate as talks near crunch time

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Negotiators have been urged to narrow down their options so they can agree on how to save Earth from disastrous levels of warming and help vulnerable societies adapt to weather extremes as the clock runs down on Uni
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Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024

Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in wars and conflicts. Now for the first time, it's part of a peace deal.
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At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

At UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations' COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried.
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The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28

The EU wants to put a tax on emissions from imports. It's irked some other nations at COP28

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A European Union plan to tax the carbon pollution emitted to make goods imported from countries like India and China has sparked a debate at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai, as poorer countries fear s
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Brazil's Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year

Brazil's Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fresh off election victory, a year ago Brazilian President-elect Inacio Lula da Silva was the star of the annual U.N. climate talks.
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Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday

Indigenous services minister to table First Nations water bill as early as Monday

OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu is expected to table much-anticipated legislation to improve water quality in First Nations communities as early as Monday.
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Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?

Cows in Rotterdam harbor, seedlings on rafts in India; are floating farms the future?

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — On the top deck of a three-tiered structure moored near downtown Rotterdam, brown and white cows graze on hay dropped from a conveyor belt above their heads and rinds of oranges salvaged from supermarket juice machines i
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