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This all-sky view provided by European Space Agency on Monday, June 13, 2022 shows a sample of the Milky Way stars in Gaia’s data release 3. The colour indicates the stellar metallicity. Redder stars are richer in metals. (ESA Handout via AP)

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Europeans update map of galaxy

by Frank Jordans Associated PressJune 13, 2022

FILE - Wind turbines stand in front of the rising sun in Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, March 11, 2022. A United Nation-backed panel plans to release a highly anticipated scientific report on Monday, April 4, 2022, on international efforts to curb climate change before global temperatures reach dangerous levels. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

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UN: Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Seth Borenstein Associated PressApril 4, 2022

President Joe Biden meets with members of the Infrastructure Implementation Task Force to discuss the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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US renews warning to Russia over Ukraine

by Matthew Lee Associated Press, Aamer Madhani Associated Press, and Frank Jordans Associated PressJanuary 20, 2022

From left, Christian Lindner, party leader of the FDP, Olaf Scholz, SPD candidate for chancellor and executive federal minister of finance, Annalena Baerbock, federal leader of the Green party and Robert Habeck, federal leader of the Green party at a joint news conference in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. After weeks of negotiations the leaders of the three parties present a coalition contract for a new German government. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)

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Parties agree on governing coalition in Germany

by Geir Moulson Associated Press, and Frank Jordans Associated PressNovember 24, 2021

John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate speaks on the phone outside the Chinese delegation office at the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. Going into overtime, negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow are still trying to find common ground on phasing out coal, when nations need to update their emission-cutting pledges and, especially, on money. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

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Out of time: Climate talks go past deadline over coal, cash

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Aniruddha Ghosal Associated PressNovember 12, 2021

A road snakes through fall foliage in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 2. More than 100 countries are pledging to end deforestation, which scientists say is a major driver of climate change.

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Leaders vow to protect forests, plug methane leaks

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Jill Lawless Associated PressNovember 2, 2021

Alok Sharma, right, President of the COP26 summit shakes hands with UNGA President Abdulla Shahid as outgoing COP president Carolina Schmidt, second right, and Patricia Espinosa, UNFCCC Executive-Secretary look on during the Procedural Opening of the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021. The U.N. climate summit in Glasgow formally opens Sunday, a day before leaders from around the world gather in Scotland's biggest city to lay out their vision for...

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‘Last, best hope’ at UN climate summit

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, and Ellen Knickmeyer Associated PressOctober 31, 2021

A central solinoid magnet for the ITER project arrives in Saint-Paul-Lez-Durance, France, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Scientists at the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor in southern France took delivery of the first part of a massive magnet so strong its American manufacturer claims it can lift an aircraft carrier. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

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Dream of nuclear fusion gets closer

by Frank Jordans Associated Press, Seth Borenstein Associated Press, and Daniel Cole Associated PressSeptember 9, 2021

A traffic jam is shown Sept. 29, 2010, in Algiers, Algeria. Algeria, the last country in the world to use leaded gas, stopped selling the highly toxic fuel last month.

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UN hails end of poisonous leaded gas use in cars worldwide

by Frank Jordans Associated PressAugust 30, 2021

A woman is carried through a flooded street in Angleur, Province of Liege, Belgium, Friday July 16, 2021. Severe flooding in Germany and Belgium has turned streams and streets into raging torrents that have swept away cars and caused houses to collapse. (AP Photo/Valentin Bianchi)

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Rescuers race to prevent more deaths from European floods

by Frank Jordans Associated PressJuly 16, 2021