WASHINGTON (AP) — National forests can be used as a carbon "sink" with vast numbers of trees absorbing carbon dioxide to help slow global warming, the Forest Service chief said Wednesday,...

LONDON (AP) — The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely...

BEIJING (AP) — A joint statement by the U.S. and Chinese presidents on climate change is encouraging as pressure builds in the last few weeks before a 192-nation conference in Copenhagen,...

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama, with China's leader at his side, lifted his sights Tuesday for a broad interim accord at next month's climate...

AP sources: Senate health care bill likely to include new insurance program for long-term care

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate health care legislation expected this week is likely to...

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pollution typically declines during a recession. Not this time. Despite a global economic slump, worldwide carbon dioxide pollution jumped 2 percent last...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — At least for the moment, the world's fastest supercomputer is devoted to solving scientific questions that may save the planet — climate change, renewable...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A global network of aid agencies says world powers consider climate change the most significant challenge to humanitarian work.

The International Federation of...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea announced its first greenhouse gas reduction target Tuesday, pledging to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 4 percent...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge said Monday he won't allow global warming to be put on trial in the case of a college student charged with disrupting an auction of oil and gas...

BEIJING (AP) — President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks Tuesday determined to marshal...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An African has taken over as director of Greenpeace, bringing experience honed as a teenage opponent of white rule in South Africa and a network of powerful...

BEIJING (AP) — Hu says China, US agree to expand cooperation on climate change, energy and environment.

COPENHAGEN (AP) — There's not enough time to strike a detailed and binding deal at next month's Copenhagen conference on climate change but nations say it...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An African took over as director of Greenpeace Monday, bringing experience honed as a teenage opponent of white rule in South Africa and a network of powerful...

KOKONOGI, Japan (AP) — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net....

KOKONOGI, Japan (AP) — A blood-orange blob the size of a small refrigerator emerged from the dark waters, its venomous tentacles trapped in a fishing net. Within minutes, hundreds...

SHANGHAI (AP) — President Barack Obama says there are very few global challenges that can be solved unless the U.S. and China cooperate.

Obama says climate change is one of the most...

SINGAPORE (AP) — Open trade and people-centered strategies are key for sustained, stable growth, President Barack Obama and Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday, pledging to persist with...

SINGAPORE (AP) — World leaders agree that next month's much-anticipated international summit on climate change will be a preliminary step that will require subsequent efforts to...

KAILUA, Hawaii (AP) — Jenn Boneza remembers when the white sandy beach near the boat ramp in her hometown was wide enough for people to...

Mourners grieve at funerals for some of 13 soldiers killed in Fort Hood shooting massacre

KIEL, Wis. (AP) — The hundreds of people who lined the main street of a small Indiana city...