MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 …
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FILE - A bulldozer moves coal April 10, 2025, in Princeton, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
FILE - The Warrick Power Plant, a coal-powered generating station, operates April 8, 2025, in Newburgh, Ind. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
FILE - Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study publishe…
The Trump administration is reviewing material about slavery, the destruction of Native American culture, climate change and more at federal p…
Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination. Beaches from Crystal River, Florida, to Ogunquit, Maine, were under water quality advisories this week because of elevated levels of bacteria associated with fecal waste. The advisories typically discourage beachgoers from going in the water because the bacteria can cause symptoms including gastrointestinal illness, rashes and nausea. Conservation group Environment America says nearly two-thirds of America's beaches experienced at least one day in 2024 in which indicators of fecal contamination reached potentially unsafe levels.
A couple float along Poe Spring amid an algae bloom Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Alachua County, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aqu…
Visitors swim at Royal Spring, Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Suwannee County, Fla. (AP Photo/Daniel Kozin)