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  • New York smoke

    Millions of Americans suddenly discovered what the world has known for years: Air quality is terrible

    By Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A construction worker continues building at a large housing development, April 21, 2020, in Phoenix. Arizona will not approve new housing construction on the fast-growing edges of metro Phoenix that rely on groundwater thanks to years of overuse and a multi-decade drought that is dwindling its water supply. In a news conference Thursday, June 1, 2023, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced the pause on new construction that would affect some of the fastest-growing areas of the nation’s 5th largest city. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)Environment

    Arizona is cutting housing construction near Phoenix because there’s no longer enough water

    By Jacques Billeaud, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • This combination of three separate photos shows Jeremy Strong as Kendall Roy, left, Sarah Snook as Shiv Roy, center, and Kieran Culkin as Roman Roy, from the HBO series “Succession.” (HBO via AP)Lifestyle

    ‘Succession’ fans are reeling from the series finale: ‘I will be thinking about this for a while’

    By Suman Naishadham, Andrew Dalton, and others
  • FILE – People attend a news conference on Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, April 11, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Arizona, California and Nevada on Monday, May 22, proposed a deal to significantly cut their water use from the drought-stricken Colorado River over the next three years. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)Environment

    3 Western states say they’ll cut their water use from the Colorado River if the U.S. government pays them $1.2 billion

    By Suman Naishadham, Ken Ritter, and others
  • FILE – Workers, who were hired by residents, remove sargassum seaweed from the Bay of Soliman, north of Tulum, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Aug. 3, 2022. On shore, sargassum is a nuisance — carpeting beaches and releasing a pungent smell as it decays. For hotels and resorts, clearing the stuff off beaches can amount to a round-the-clock operation. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)Environment

    A 5,000-mile wide belt of seaweed is scheduled to wash ashore on Atlantic beaches and vex hotel workers

    By Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press
  • FILE – The Colorado River passes through Grand Junction, Aug. 24, 2022, in Mesa County, Colo. California released a plan Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, detailing how western states reliant on the Colorado River could save more water, a day after it was the only state that didn’t sign a proposal agreed to by six states in the basin. (Hugh Carey/The Colorado Sun via AP, File)Environment

    California has a plan for cutting Colorado River use. It involves pretending water doesn’t evaporate

    By Kathleen Ronayne, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • People walk by a formerly sunken boat standing upright into the air with its stern buried in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Six western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have agreed on a plan to dramatically cut their use. California, the state with the largest allocation of water from the river, is the holdout. (AP Photo/John Locher)Environment

    6 states that depend on the Colorado River have agreed on a new water-sharing model. California is still holding out

    By Felicia Fonseca, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • COP27 Climate Youth ActivistsEnvironment

    Gen Z climate activists explain why their protests include defacing works of art: ‘Inherently climate change and capitalism are intertwined’

    By Seth Borenstein, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • 09 November 2022, Egypt, Sharm El-Sheikh: Activists shout slogans during a protest at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27. Photo: Gehad Hamdy/dpa (Photo by Gehad Hamdy/picture alliance via Getty Images)Environment

    ‘They’re on fire’: In-your-face climate activists expected to escalate actions, experts predict

    By Seth Borenstein, Suman Naishadham, and others
  • Al-Janoub Stadium TourEnvironment

    Qatar’s ‘problematic’ claims to a ‘carbon-neutral’ World Cup as it air conditions 7 stadiums that don’t have domes

    By Suman Naishadham and The Associated Press