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‘Adopt an axolotl’ campaign launches in Mexico to save …

An Axolotl swims in a tank at the Chapultepec Park Zoo in Mexico City, Jan. 29, 2023. Ecologists from Mexico's National Autonomous University relaunched a fundraising campaign Friday, Nov. 24, 2023, to bolster conservation efforts for the axolotls: an iconic, endangered, fish-like type of salamander. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)

To save the climate, the oil and gas sector must slash …

Vesta Terminals holding oil are reflected in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The oil and gas sector, one of the major emitters of planet-warming gases, will need a rapid and substantial overhaul for the world to avoid even worse extremes fueled by human-caused climate change, a report Thursday, Nov. 23, said. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Peru lost more than half of its glacier surface in just …

FILE - Tourists walk in front of the Tuco glacier in Huascaran National Park during a tour called the "Route of climate change" in Huaraz, Peru, Aug. 12, 2016. The South American country has lost more than half of its glacier surface in the last six decades, and 175 glaciers became extinct due to climate change between 2016 and 2020, Peruvian scientists from the state agency that studies glaciers said Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, File)

Pennsylvania governor appeals decision blocking plan to …

FILE - The Conemaugh Generation Station emits steam in New Florence, Pa., Feb. 6, 2007. Pennsylvania cannot enforce a regulation to make power plant owners pay for their planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, a state court ruled Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, dealing another setback to the centerpiece of former Gov. Tom Wolf's plan to fight global warming. (Todd Berkey/The Tribune-Democrat via AP, File)

UN report says world is racing to well past warming limit …

AES Indiana Petersburg Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant, operates in Petersburg, Ind., on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

Papua New Guinea volcano erupts and Japan says it’s assessing …

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3rd release of treated water from Japan’s damaged …

FILE - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, damaged by a massive March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, is seen from the nearby Ukedo fishing port in Namie town, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 24, 2023. The release of a third batch of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's damaged Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean ended safely as planned, its operator said Monday, Nov. 20, as the country's seafood producers continue to suffer from a Chinese import ban imposed after the discharges began. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

New hardiness zone map will help US gardeners keep …

FILE - Cherry blossoms and buds cover the trees in the Kenwood neighborhood of Bethesda, Md., Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “plant hardiness zone map” — a reference guide for growers selecting appropriate seeds — was updated on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, for the first time in a decade. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Texas approves new textbooks after friction over …

FILE -The sun sets behind a pair of pumpjacks Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2021 in the oilfields of Penwell, Texas. How science textbooks in Texas address climate change is at the center of a key vote expected Friday, Nov. 17, 2023 after some Republican education officials criticized books for being too negative toward fossil fuels in America's biggest oil and gas state. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

EU Commission to extend use of glyphosate for 10 …

FILE - Containers of Roundup sit on a store shelf on Feb. 24, 2019, in San Francisco. A decision on whether to authorize the use of the controversial chemical herbicide glyphosate in the European Union for at least 10 more years has been delayed after member countries failed to agree. The chemical, which is widely used in the 27-nation bloc, is approved on the EU market until mid-December. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)

SpaceX will try again to launch its mega rocket into …

FILE - NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, left, and Haley Esparza ride on horses as they visit SpaceX's Starship, April 19, 2023, as it's readied for launch at Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX is aiming for another test flight of its mega rocket, Starship, on Friday, Nov. 17, after getting the final OK from the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA issued its license Wednesday, Nov. 15, noting that SpaceX has met safety, environmental and other requirements. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Asian economies must ramp up wind and solar power …

FILE - The sun reflected in solar panels of the EnBW solar park at Gottesgabe, Germany, Friday, July 1, 2022. To meet the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), nine major Asian economies must increase the share of electricity they get from renewable energy from the current 6% to at least 50% by 2030, according to a report by a German thinktank released Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, File)

China and the US pledge to step up climate efforts …

FILE - A milk cow rests at a milk farm in Yuanshi, northern China's Hebei province, on Sept. 20, 2008. China and the U.S. have pledged to accelerate their efforts to address climate change ahead of a major U.N. meeting on the issue, making a commitment to take steps to reduce emissions of methane and other greenhouse gases besides carbon dioxide. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

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