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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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FILE - Plant Bowen, commonly known as Bowen Steam Plant, is a Coal power station, operating, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Euharlee, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)

Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand

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Georgia's largest utility wants to spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve data centers.

California brown pelicans and cormorants cling to a rocky outcropping along the Central California coast north of Morro Bay, Calif., Friday, Nov. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael R. Blood)
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A brown pelican 'feeding frenzy' is an encouraging sign for the often-struggling large seabirds

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On a jagged coastline in Central California, brown pelicans take flight to feed on a vast school of fish just offshore.

FILE - People watch the sunset from the Liberty Memorial grounds in Kansas City, Mo., May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
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Researchers slightly lower study's estimate of drop in global income due to climate change

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Researchers who examined climate change’s potential effect on the global economy say data errors led them to slightly overstate an expected drop in income over the next 25 years.

FILE - This aerial photo taken using drone shows a village affected by a flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on Dec. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara, File)
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Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning, scientists say

Read full article: Deadly Asian floods are no fluke. They’re a climate warning, scientists say

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,400 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

FILE -In this May 2, 2020 photo, a marine iguana suns on the edge of a boardwalk in San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. (AP Photo/Adrian Vasquez, File)
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The growing exotic pet trade drives illegal sales online and a push for tighter rules

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Conservationists are hoping to strengthen regulations at a wildlife trade conference on birds, reptiles and other animals that are seeing their numbers decline due to the exotic pet trade.

FILE - Justin Thomas hits from the seventh tee during the first round of the Tournament of Champions golf tournament at Kapalua Plantation Course on Kapalua, Hawaii, Jan. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Brown grass cost a famed golf course a big tournament and highlighted Hawaii water problems

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The Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort on Maui is famous for its ocean views and hosting The Sentry, a $20 million PGA Tour event.

In this photo released on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers remove a scooter buried in the mud as they search for victims at a village hit by a landslide in Batu Goading, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (BASARNAS via AP)

Indonesian rescuers search for survivors as the death toll from floods and landslides tops 300

Read full article: Indonesian rescuers search for survivors as the death toll from floods and landslides tops 300

Improved weather has helped rescuers on Indonesia's Sumatra island recover more bodies after landslides and flash floods.

This computer generated image released by Apple TV shows the Arctotherium angustidens, the biggest bear to ever live, in a scene from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age." (Apple TV via AP)

A foot-tall elephant? 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' on Apple TV reveals surprising creatures

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Apple TV has launched “Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age,” a five-part series that brings the Pleistocene era to life with stunning visuals.

Elizandra Sorrilla poses for a photo in the ruins of her home, which was destroyed by Hurricane Melissa, in El Aserradero, Cuba, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Milexsy Duran)

Thousands of Cubans struggle without power and water nearly a month after Hurricane Melissa

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Thousands of Cubans remain without power, water or proper shelter almost a month after Hurricane Melissa pummeled the island’s eastern region as one of the strongest Atlantic storms in history.

In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS), rescuers on a rubber boat evacuate residents from their flooded home in North Sumatra province, Indonesia Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. (BASARNAS via AP)

Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra island leave at least 23 dead and dozens missing

Read full article: Landslides and flash floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra island leave at least 23 dead and dozens missing

Torrential rains have unleashed flash floods and triggered landslides on Indonesia’s Sumatra island that have killed at least 23 people.

FILE - Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kansas, Sept. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution

Read full article: Trump EPA moves to abandon rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution

The Trump administration is seeking to abandon a rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution, arguing that the Biden administration did not have authority to set the tighter standard on pollution from tailpipes, smokestacks and other industrial sources.