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  • British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist Jane Goodall poses for a portrait in New York to promote the Disneynature film, "Born in China", April 7, 2017.Law

    Jane Goodall was ‘remarkably calm’ about her death and called it ‘the next big adventure,’ musician Moby recalls

    By Tammy Webber, Hallie Golden, and others
  • Canal jumperEnvironment

    Carbon storage challenged as climate change silver bullet by massive underground study

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
  • A man working on carbon captureEnvironment

    Conservatives and environmentalists say carbon capture is unnecessarily expensive and fails to curb pollution effectively. Here’s what the science says

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
  • XPRIZE Carbon Removal winners from Mati Carbon, Founder & CEO Shantanu Agarwal, left, and Chief Science Officer Jake Jordan, visit the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Environment

    Elon Musk-backed XPRIZE just doled out $100 million to carbon-removal startups as DOGE cuts funding to science-based agencies

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
  • A once-every-four-years report card on the upkeep of America's infrastructure gave it a “C” grade.Environment

    America’s $9.1 trillion infrastructure problem could start to get worse, report warns

    By The Associated Press, Tammy Webber, and others
  • FILE – A bridge along Interstate 26 is destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Oct. 4, 2024, in Erwin, Tenn. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)Finance

    U.S. infrastructure improved with big Biden spending—but only from a C- to a C

    By Tammy Webber, Michael Phillis, and others
  • FILE – Sun shines through Douglas fir trees in the Willamette National Forest, Ore., Oct. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman, File)Environment

    Trump wants to use ‘God Squad’ to approve his plans to increase logging by bypassing endangered species protections

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
  • A person carries sand bags through a flooded streetEnvironment

    The U.S. is warming 60% faster than the world is, National Climate Assessment says: ‘We are not prepared for what’s coming’

    By Seth Borenstein, Tammy Webber, and others
  • Newton Minow, Barack ObamaSuccess

    Newton Minow, the 1960s FCC chief who eventually introduced Barack and Michelle Obama, dies at 97

    By Tammy Webber and The Associated Press
  • An elderly man sits on a chair.Environment

    ‘We can’t just pack up our bags and leave’: A Native American tribe in New Mexico is turning to the old ways to fight off wildfires, flooding and megadrought

    By Tammy Webber, Martha Irvine, and others
  • Derek Chauvin Guilty-Trial-George FloydPolitics

    Jury finds former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder and manslaughter in George Floyd case

    By Amy Forliti, Stephen Groves, and others