Jennifer McDermott

Olympic rings are covered by snow at the sliding center during the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Organizers of the Milan Cortina Olympics made clean energy a priority. Here’s how they did it.

February 21, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

It takes an immense amount of energy to power venues and make snow for the Winter Olympics and, for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, organizers pledged that virtually all of...

A community member looks at flowers, notes and mementos in a makeshift memorial display sitting in front of Brown University’s Van Wickle gates, in Providence, R.I., two days after a shooting took place on the university’s campus, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Lily Speredelozzi/The Sun Chronicle via AP)

Brown University shooting leaves students, community frustrated with official response

December 16, 2025 at 8:39 a.m.

The ongoing effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University ’s campus during a busy exam season and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall...

Plastic items are seen next to an artwork by Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong, titled ‘The Thinker’s Burden’, a 6-meter-tall sculptural remix of Rodin’s iconic Thinker, created especially for the Plastics Treaty negotiations, on Place des Nations in front of the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Aug. 4, 2025 before the second segment of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5.2). (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Nations gather in Geneva to again confront the world’s spiraling plastic pollution crisis

August 5, 2025 at 6:42 a.m.

Nations kicked off a meeting to try to complete a landmark treaty aimed at ending the plastic pollution crisis.

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, May 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump signs executive orders to boost nuclear power, speed up approvals

May 23, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Friday intended to quadruple domestic production of nuclear power within the next 25 years, a goal experts say the United States is highly unlikely...

Rachael Z. Miller, founder of the Vermont-based Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, conducts a tape test on various clothing items to compare how much each material sheds microfibers on Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Granville, Vt. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)

Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day.

April 22, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

A single load of laundry can release millions that are so tiny wastewater treatment plants can’t capture them all.

Plastic straws are displayed in a glass, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel)

The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay

February 11, 2025 at 4:50 p.m.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper straws “don’t work” and don’t last very long.

A detailed model of Riyadh’s proposed sports infrastructure is on display at the Saudi Arabia World Cup bid exhibition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Dec. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Baraa Anwer)

Saudi Arabia’s plans to host the men’s World Cup 2034 will be harmful for the climate, experts say

December 13, 2024 at 10:52 a.m.

As the newly-named host of the 2034 World Cup in men’s soccer, Saudi Arabia says it will construct or renovate 15 stadiums, create a futuristic city and expand airports.

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