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Agriculture gets its day at COP28, but experts see big barriers to cutting emissions

More than 100 world leaders at this year's United Nations climate summit agreed to make their farm and food systems a key part of their plans to fight climate change, seeking improvements in a sector that accounts for about a third of planet-warming

Dec 9, 2023 9:52 PM Read more >

Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see 'shocking level of censorship'

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai.

Dec 9, 2023 6:15 PM Read more >

Observers see OPEC 'panicking' as COP28 climate talks focus on possible fossil fuel phase-out

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Veteran negotiators at the United Nations climate talks Saturday said that the push to wean the world from dirty fossil fuels had gained so much momentum that they had poked a powerful enemy: the oil industry.

Dec 9, 2023 12:14 PM Read more >

Organizers of COP28 want an inclusive summit. But just how diverse is the negotiating table?

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Climate activist Lisa NoBaya sat in a room filled with stakeholders at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai and asked the delegates what inclusivity looks like at COP28: does it mean diverse voices are simply

Dec 9, 2023 9:58 AM Read more >

Fields of anxiety: Overcoming stigma to address mental health struggles of farmers

Christi Friesen remembers her husband saying he knew that the cloud of depression over her was finally lifting when he saw her smile at the end of the gruelling 2016 harvest season.

Dec 9, 2023 5:00 AM Read more >

What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?

The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists, experts and nations are calling for an agreement to phase out the oil, gas and coal responsible for warming the planet.

Dec 8, 2023 11:31 PM Read more >

UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting late Friday requested by Guyana after Venezuela’s referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a lar

Dec 8, 2023 8:42 PM Read more >

Saskatchewan's methane emissions underestimated, rate of releases high: research

Saskatchewan's oilpatch emits a potent greenhouse gas at a higher rate than almost anywhere else in North America, indicates new research from one of Canada's premier climate labs.

Dec 8, 2023 4:27 PM Read more >

Maine man dies while checking thickness of lake ice, wardens say

A man who was checking the thickness of ice on a lake in the Maine wilderness crashed into the icy water and drowned on Friday, game wardens said.

Dec 8, 2023 4:24 PM Read more >

California Gov. Gavin Newsom advances water tunnel project amid opposition from environmental groups

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A long-sought and disputed project in drought-prone California aimed at capturing more water during heavy rain storms reached a key milestone on Friday when Gov.

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