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FILE - People cool off in the water on a hot and sunny day at the beach in Barcelona, Spain, July 15, 2022. Earths fever persisted last year, not quite spiking to a record high but still in the top five or six warmest on record, government agencies reported Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

2022 was fifth or sixth warmest on record as Earth heats up

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Government science teams say that 2022 didn't quite set a record for heat, but it was in the top five or six warmest on record depending on who's doing the measuring.

G-7 ministers on climate, energy and environment pose for a photo during its photo session in Sapporo, northern Japan, Saturday, April 15, 2023. Front row, from left are Vannia Gava, Italy's Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Ecological Transition, EU Oceans and Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevicius, EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, Italy's Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Japan's Environment Minister Akihiro Nishimura, Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, Germany's Environment Minister Steffi Lemke, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and Germany's Economy and Climate Minister Patrick Graichen. Back row, from left are U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, France's Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher, France's Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Bechu, Britain's Environment Secretary Therese Coffey and Britain's Energy Secretary Grant Shapps. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

G7 vows to step up moves to renewable energy, zero carbon

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Energy and environment ministers of the Group of Seven wealthy nations have vowed to work to hasten the shift toward cleaner, renewable energy, but set no timetable for phasing out coal-fired power plants.

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the U.S. Consulate General after the G-7 ministers' meeting on climate, energy and environment in Sapporo, northern Japan, Sunday, April 16, 2023. So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions, though much more needs to be done much faster to prevent the worst impacts of climate change, U.S. Presidential Envoy John Kerry said Sunday. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition

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U.S. envoy on climate change John Kerry says so much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves to end carbon emissions.

FILE - Farmer Barry Evans drops dusty soil from a cotton crop he shredded and planted over with wheat, Oct. 3, 2022, in Kress, Texas. A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

As Earth warms, more 'flash droughts' suck soil, plants dry

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A new study finds that climate change is making droughts faster and more furious — and especially one fast-moving kind of drought that can take farmers by surprise.

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In this image from Senate Television video, Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., speaks about the Boundary Waters in northern Minnesota, on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (Senate Television via AP)
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Senate Republicans send Trump resolution to lift mining ban near Boundary Waters Canoe Area

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Congressional Republicans are sending President Donald Trump a resolution for his signature that would lift a federal ban on mining near Minnesota's Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

This 1913 handout image from the U.S. National Archives and Records shows a man performing tree surgery on a valuable cultivated chestnut tree affected by the chestnut bark disease in Westchester, PA, 1913. (U.S. National Archives and Recordsvia AP)
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A lost icon: The American chestnut and its central place in the eastern landscape

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The American chestnut is a singular, iconic tree of the eastern United States.

Caroline Murray, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, leans in to smell the blooming corpse flower known as "Pangy" at the Talcott Greenhouse on the campus in South Hadley, Mass., Tuesday, April 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
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Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench

Read full article: Mount Holyoke’s corpse flower blooms again, drawing crowds to its ‘rotting flesh’ stench

Crowds gathered at Mount Holyoke College’s Talcott Greenhouse to witness the rare bloom of “Pangy,” a corpse flower known for its powerful odor resembling decaying flesh.

FILE - Jenniffer Gonzalez speaks after she was sworn in as governor outside the Capitol in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)
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US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto Rico

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Nearly 200 organizations are urging the Trump administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory.

This photo provided by Mathew Masga shows debris caused by a super typhoon, Thursday, April 16, 2026, on Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands. (Mathew Masga via AP)
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Parts of Northern Marianas could be without power for weeks after super typhoon

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An official says some hard hit areas of the Northern Marianas could be without power and water for weeks after the Pacific Ocean islands were battered by a super typhoon.

FILE - Ground up plastics that Alterra Energy receives from recycling facilities, move along a conveyor at the start of their process that transforms the material into a liquid that is then used in the manufacturing of plastic in Akron, Ohio, Sept. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
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EPA may ease regulation of chemical plastic recycling, and environmentalists worry

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The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the same strict air pollution standards as incinerators.

Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, speaks during an announcement for a new data center Friday, March 20, 2026, in Piketon, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)
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In apparent flub, Energy Secretary Wright says US heading 'in the wrong direction'

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Energy Secretary Chris Wright raised eyebrows Tuesday after saying the country “looks like we’re going in the wrong direction” in remarks hailing a new natural gas pipeline project.

Lightning flashes beyond an apartment building as a thunderstorm passes in the distance Monday, April 13, 2026, in Lenexa, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
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Severe storms accompanied by tornadoes damage communities from the Plains to the Midwest

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A day after severe storms damaged communities in the Plains and the Midwest, forecasters are warning that storms could bring giant hail, tornadoes and severe wind gusts to the regions again.

FILE - Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
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Camp Mystic official says he didn't see flood warnings issued the day before storm hit

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The director of the Texas summer camp where 27 campers and counselors were killed by a devastating flood in 2025 said he did not see early federal and state warnings sent the day before the storm hit and that staff had no meetings about the pending danger.

Blake Greier, 13, works to repair a hitch as his father, Wayne, left, helps Tuesday, March 10, 2026, in Canfield, Ohio. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers. But overcoming local opposition is tough

Read full article: Hosting solar can be a lifeline for farmers. But overcoming local opposition is tough

Local opposition to solar has long been an obstacle for green energy developers in the United States, but some communities are working to reverse local restrictions.

This photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey looks up Tracy Arm fjord to the terminus of the South Sawyer Glacier about 80 miles southeast of Juneau, Alaska, on Aug. 13, 2025, days after a landslide in the area. (John Lyons/U.S. Geological Survey via AP)

Cruise companies to Alaska are avoiding a popular excursion to Tracy Arm after a massive landslide

Read full article: Cruise companies to Alaska are avoiding a popular excursion to Tracy Arm after a massive landslide

For years, a popular part of many cruises in southeast Alaska has been sailing up Tracy Arm, a long, narrow fjord marked by steep mountains, glittering waterfalls and calving glaciers.