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As crews contain Europe fires, Pope Francis sounds alarm on climate threat to 'our common home'

As crews contain Europe fires, Pope Francis sounds alarm on climate threat to 'our common home'

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Pope Francis urged governments to do more to fight climate change and protect “our common home” as improving weather conditions Friday helped firefighters contain wildfires in Greece , Italy and other countries in southern Europ
How living in a mobile home makes you more likely to die in a tornado

How living in a mobile home makes you more likely to die in a tornado

ROLLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Many were not just killed at home. They were killed by their homes. Angela Eason had visited Brenda Odoms’ tidy mobile home before. It was a place where Odoms, who had many tragedies in her life, felt safe.
Salvage crews board a cargo ship burning off the Netherlands. The smoke and flames are easing

Salvage crews board a cargo ship burning off the Netherlands. The smoke and flames are easing

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Salvage crews dealing with a cargo ship loaded with cars that has been burning for more than two days off the northern Dutch coast boarded the vessel for the first time Friday as heat, flames and smoke eased, the Netherl

Swedish mining firm Boliden is exempted from paying compensation for toxic spill in Spain in 1998

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish court on Friday exempted a Swedish mining firm from paying 89 million euros ($98 million) in compensation for the cleaning of a toxic sludge spill that occurred in 1998 at a heavy metals mine in southern Spain.

Oil pipeline construction in Minnesota ruptured an aquifer. Officials say it’s the 4th time

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A fourth aquifer breach has been confirmed in northern Minnesota stemming from a Canadian oil company’s construction of an oil pipeline replacement in the region, state officials said.
‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart

‘We were in the air.’ Mississippi family recounts surviving tornado that tore mobile home apart

ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — Streams of air whirled by Ida Cartlidge in every direction, but she couldn’t breathe.

G20 ministers reach agreement on most, but not all, climate issues

BENGALURU, India (AP) — The final meeting of climate and environment ministers from the world's largest economies ended without an agreement or joint statement Friday despite pleas from leading figures for nations to show a united front on climate ch
A pollution tax on older cars can be extended to London's suburbs after a British court ruling

A pollution tax on older cars can be extended to London's suburbs after a British court ruling

A British court ruled Friday against London suburbs that tried to block a pollution tax on older cars as green policies become a hot political issue in the U.K. amid increasingly dramatic impacts of global climate change.
Homeless struggle to stay safe from record high temperatures in blistering Phoenix

Homeless struggle to stay safe from record high temperatures in blistering Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — Homeless in America's hottest big metro, Stefon James Dewitt Livengood was laid out for days inside his makeshift dwelling, struggling to breath, nauseous and vomiting.
US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

US Senate votes to expand radiation-exposure compensation, from Guam to original A-bomb test site

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S.
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