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Sustainable investing loses some shine but proponents say still good long-term bet

Sustainable investing loses some shine but proponents say still good long-term bet

TORONTO — Some of the shine has come off sustainable investing this year amid questions abouteffectiveness and as oil and gas prices and stocks spiked while the wider market floundered, but those in the sector say it still makes sense for the long te
'Girl with a Pearl Earring' targeted by climate activists

'Girl with a Pearl Earring' targeted by climate activists

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Climate activists targeted Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece “Girl with a Pearl Earring” with glue and liquid on Thursday but one of the world's most iconic paintings was not damaged in the latest of such publicity-seeking
Battle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change

Battle of the Alps? Water woes loom amid climate change

BRIG, Switzerland (AP) — A battle is brewing around Europe's rooftop over the planet's most precious resource.
Fishermen face shutdowns as warming hurts species

Fishermen face shutdowns as warming hurts species

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Fishing regulators and the seafood industry are grappling with the possibility that some once-profitable species that have declined with climate change might not come back. Several marketable species harvested by U.S.

Report: Global crises can speed up move to clean energy

BENGALURU, India (AP) — Spiraling energy costs caused by various economic factors and the Ukraine war could be a turning point toward cleaner energy, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday.

Shell 3Q earnings double, stir debate on energy profit tax

LONDON (AP) — Shell’s earnings more than doubled in the third quarter, fueling the debate over taxes on energy producers’ windfall profits as they have benefited from high oil and natural gas prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine .
Climate Changed: Quebec farmers improve soil as water supply becomes less reliable

Climate Changed: Quebec farmers improve soil as water supply becomes less reliable

SAINT-OURS, Que. — On the Beauchemin family farm in southern Quebec, the problem used to be too much water. But Raphaël Beauchemin says that over the years, his grandfather, father and uncles learned how to cope.
Europe's energy crisis raises firewood prices, theft fears

Europe's energy crisis raises firewood prices, theft fears

CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Tudor Popescu swings his ax down on a log, then feeds the split wood into a stove that heats his home in the capital of Moldova.
Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections

Russia may again block Antarctic marine protections

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Delegations from Russia and Ukraine are among those meeting in Australia this week to decide the future of Antarctica's pristine waters.
Forest Service boss decries arrest of worker in planned burn

Forest Service boss decries arrest of worker in planned burn

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The head of the U.S. Forest Service has denounced the arrest by an Oregon sheriff of a Forest Service employee after a planned burn in a national forest spread onto private land.