European carriers are urging the European Union to alter so-called "use it or lose it" regulations forcing airlines to continue flying empty or near-empty flights. Frank Augstein/AP hide caption
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Rosie Brennan of the United States competes in a Tour de Ski, women's 10-kilometer freestyle, interval start cross-country ski event, in Dobbiaco (Toblach), Italy, on Jan. 5, 2021. She is planning to compete at the Beijing Winter Olympics next month. Alessandro Trovati/AP hide caption
In this photo provided by the Australian Defence Force, personnel unload emergency aid supplies at Tonga's Fuaʻamotu International Airport, near Nukuʻalofa, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, after a volcano eruption. Emma Schwenke/AP hide caption
Fruit-eating animals spread the seeds of plants in ecosystems around the world. Their decline means plants could have a harder time finding new habitats as the climate changes. Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/DPA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga on Jan. 6, 2022, before a huge undersea volcanic eruption. AP hide caption
One of Pacific Gas and Electric's Diablo Canyon Power Plant's nuclear reactors is photographed on Nov. 3, 2008, in Avila Beach, Calif. Michael Mariant/AP File Photo hide caption
Jennifer Potter is a commissioner on Hawaii's Public Utility Commission. She and her colleagues are retooling more than a hundred years of regulatory precedent to get Hawaii's monopoly utility to 100% renewable electricity. Julia Simon for NPR hide caption
Biden's climate agenda is stalled in Congress. In Hawaii, one key part is going ahead
People shelter from the rain under their umbrellas as rain falls in Pamplona, northern Spain, in 2018. Alvaro Barrientos/AP hide caption
The cooling towers at the Stanton Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant, are seen behind a home in Orlando. Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty hide caption
In Orlando, a mountain of coal ash evades EPA rules. It's not the only one.
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A volunteer helps set up snacks at a cooling center established to help vulnerable residents ride out the second dangerous heat wave to grip the Pacific Northwest last summer, on Aug. 11, 2021. Gillian Flaccus/AP hide caption
Climeworks factory with it's fans in front of the collector, drawing in ambient air and release it, as largely purified CO2 through ventilators at the back is seen at the Hellisheidi power plant near Reykjavik on October 11, 2021. HALLDOR KOLBEINS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Attendees walk past an electronic display showing cyberattacks in China at the 2017 China Internet Security Conference in Beijing. Mark Schiefelbein/AP file photo hide caption
Trucks cross the Vincent Thomas Bridge above a container ship at the Port of Los Angeles on Nov. 30, 2021. Transportation, particularly for moving freight to meet high demand for consumer products, saw the steepest increase in climate-warming emissions in 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
U.S. greenhouse gas emissions jumped in 2021, a threat to climate goals
The driver of an electric car handles the charging cable to charge the car at a public charging station in Berlin, Germany. Carsten Koall/Getty Images hide caption
This photo released by the the National Galapagos Park communications office shows lava from the eruption of Wolf Volcano on Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, on Friday. Wilson Cabrera/National Galapagos Park communications office via AP hide caption
In this 2013 photo, National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini (left) gives a tour of NOAA's Center for Weather and Climate Prediction to Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker (second from left), Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) (third from right), NOAA Acting Administrator Kathryn Sullivan (second from right), and Bryan Norcross (right) of the Weather Channel. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Making weather forecasts is hard. Getting people to understand them is even harder
Eric Balken in part of Glen Canyon. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption
Drivers wait for the traffic to be cleared as cars and trucks are stranded on sections of Interstate 95 Tuesday Jan. 4, 2022, in Carmel Church, Va. Close to 48 miles of the Interstate was closed due to ice and snow. Steve Helber/AP hide caption
Palm trees stand along Ocean Drive in 2017 in Miami Beach, Fla., where palms make up nearly 60% of the urban tree canopy. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
This image provided by the Virginia department of Transportation shows a closed section of Interstate 95 near Fredericksburg, Va., on Monday. AP hide caption
An employee walks among the cars during the inauguration of a factory that will recondition used cars near Paris, on Nov. 30. Eric Piermont/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Icicles hang off the State Highway 195 sign in Feb. 2021 in Killeen, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Authorities closed a road after power lines came down and homes suffered damage early Sunday, in Hazel Green, Ala. The storms followed a system earlier Saturday which brought a possible tornado and flooding to parts of Kentucky. Madison County Sheriff's Office via AP hide caption