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  • 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