climate and environment

By JONEL ALECCIA and LAURA UNGAR - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Preston Cabral eats meat nearly every day at home, but his favorite meals at school are served on “Meatless Mondays” and…

By ANITA SNOW - Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Entrances to national parks will be blocked and thousands of park rangers will be furloughed if Congress doesn’t reach a budget agreement this…

By ACACIA CORONADO and JUAN LOZANO - Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Deadly heat that has gripped Texas for much of the summer has spread into other parts of the central U.S. this week…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press The coral reef off southeast Florida is experiencing an unprecedented and potentially deadly level of bleaching this summer because of rising ocean…

By COLLEEN BARRY and NICOLE WINFIELD - Associated Press MILAN (AP) — During Europe's heat wave last month, Floriana Peroni’s vintage clothing store had to close for a week. A truck of rented…

By MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN - Associated Press As the planet warms, mosquitoes are slowly migrating upward.The temperature range where malaria-carrying mosquitoes thrive is rising in elevation.…

By COURTNEY BONNELL - Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia on Monday halted a breakthrough wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia…

By COURTNEY BONNELL - Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Russia halted a breakthrough wartime deal on Monday that allows grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia…

By ISABELLA O'MALLEY, BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY - Associated Press Schools in New Delhi were forced to close Monday after heavy monsoon rains battered the Indian capital, with…

By JOSH BOAK - Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Transportation is awarding almost $1.7 billion in grants for buying zero- and low-emission buses, with the money going…