climate and environment

By JOHN FLESHER - AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Chemical manufacturer 3M Co. will pay at least $10.3 billion to settle lawsuits over contamination of many U.S. public…

By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials sought to downplay a first-of-its-kind trial over a state's obligations to protect residents from…

By MEGAN JANETSKY - Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — "Knife,” Adriana Velíz says with the concentration of a brain surgeon.Shrouded in a white bee suit, she lies stretched out on the ground…

By MARK STEVENSON - Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Benito the giraffe arrived in Mexico’s arid northern border city of Ciudad Juarez just last month, and already the climate appears to be…

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A high school athlete who along with 15 other young people took Montana to court over climate change testified…

By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN - Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Young people challenging Montana officials over inaction on climate change are expected back in state court on…

By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the toxic wildfire smoke blanketing much of the…

By BEATRICE DUPUY - Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media users are sharing a surprisingly effective way to protect yourself indoors from the toxic wildfire smoke blanketing much of the…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit on land purchased by a man who built a…

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. A California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit and then sold the land to a man who built…