Peter Prengaman

André Corrêa do Lago, COP30 president, sits before the start of a plenary session at the COP30 U.N. Climate Summit, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025, in Belem, Brazil. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

Many hoped UN climate talks in Brazil would be historic. They may be remembered as a flop.

November 23, 2025 at 3:30 p.m.

Instead of being remembered as historic, the conference will likely further erode confidence in a process that many environmentalists and even some world leaders have argued isn’t up to the...

Solar panels sit in the yard of an apartment building in Lyman, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andriy Andriyenko)

Ukraine has seen success in building clean energy, which is harder for Russia to destroy

November 20, 2024 at 7:08 a.m.

The nearly three-year-long Russia-Ukraine war, which has left large swaths of Ukraine destroyed, has accelerated a transition to clean energy.

FILE – Workers build the stands for the upcoming Olympic Games on the Champ-de-Mars just beside the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, April 1, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

Paris is aiming for the most sustainable Olympics yet. But organizers acknowledge the plan isn’t perfect.

June 3, 2024 at 7:57 a.m.

Organizers of the Paris Olympics have set ambitious goals for environmental sustainability. They aim to reduce the Olympics’ overall carbon footprint by half.

Amigos, fanáticos y periodistas rodean la entrada del centro de entrenamiento del club de fútbol Flamengo a la espera de información sobre un incendio en las instalaciones, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, viernes 8 de febrero de 2019.

Incendio en complejo de Flamengo causa 10 muertos

February 8, 2019 at 7:41 p.m.

Un incendio destruyó el viernes el complejo de entrenamiento de Flamengo, uno de los clubes de fútbol más grandes de Brasil, matando a 10 personas y dejando a tres adolescentes...

Criage Althage, of Chicago, joins in the protest across from Trump Tower on Aug. 13, 2017.

La pobreza se posa en Brasil

May 15, 2019 at 4:06 p.m.

Cuando Leticia Miranda tenía trabajo vendiendo diarios en la calle, ganaba unos 160 dólares mensuales, lo justo para pagar el pequeño apartamento que compartía con su hijo de 8 años...

Goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes de Souza during a 2010 game with Flamengo.

Brazil club signs goalkeeper convicted in girlfriend’s death

June 5, 2018 at 7:38 p.m.

A Brazilian soccer club on Tuesday presented its newest member, a goalie convicted in the killing of an ex-girlfriend, prompting outrage from many nationwide and promises by sponsors to drop...

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