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This Oct. 17. 2018, photo, shows Ramil, a male snow leopard, who was tested for the coronavirus after caretakers noticed that he had a cough and runny nose on July 22, 2021, at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego. (San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance via AP)

Unvaccinated snow leopard catches COVID-19 at San Diego zoo

An unvaccinated snow leopard at the San Diego Zoo has contracted COVID-19.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Associated Press | News | July 26th 2021

Jochen Flasbarth, left, is welcomed by Roberto Cingolani as he arrives at Palazzo Reale in Naples, Italy, on July 22, 2021, to take part in a G20 meeting on environment, climate and energy. Photo by The Associated Press/Salvatore Laporta

G20 environment ministers meet to prepare for COP26 in Nov.

With forest fires raging in the U.S. and Russia and floods devastating parts of Western Europe, environment and energy ministers from the Group of 20 industrialized countries gathered on Thursday, July 22, 2021, for two days of talks ahead of November’s crucial climate change conference.

Climate Change

By Associated Press | News, Politics | July 22nd 2021

plastic straw, waste, litter, trash, sustainability

Israel to impose disposable plastic tax to reduce use

Israel's government on Monday, July 19, 2021, put forward a plan to double taxes on single-use plastics in a bid to reduce the proliferation of the environmentally harmful products.

Climate Change

By Associated Press | News | July 20th 2021

In this photo provided by the Oregon Office of State Fire Marshall, flames and smoke rise from the Bootleg fire in southern Oregon on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Photo obtained by: Associated Press

Pacific Gas & Electric reports its equipment may be linked to California fire

By Associated Press | News | July 19th 2021

UNESCO defends declaring Great Barrier Reef in danger

The Chinese host of this year's meeting of the U.N. World Heritage Committee has defended the body's proposal to label the Great Barrier Reef as “in danger” against Australian government suspicion that China influenced the finding for political reasons.

Climate Change

By Associated Press | News, Politics | July 19th 2021

The Tamarack Fire burns behind a greenhouse in the Markleeville community of Alpine County, Calif., on Saturday, July 17, 2021. File photo by The Associated Press/Noah Berger

Wildfire fight in western U.S. complicated by dangerous conditions

Erratic winds and dry lightning added to the dangers for crews in parched Oregon forests battling the nation's largest wildfire, just one of dozens burning across several Western states.

Wildfires

By Associated Press | News, US News | July 19th 2021

In this Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, file photo, bears frolic at the Oakland Zoo in Oakland, Calif. File photo by The Associated Press/Ben Margot

COVID vaccines given to Oakland zoo big cats, bears and ferrets

A San Francisco Bay Area zoo is inoculating its big cats, bears and ferrets against the coronavirus as part of a national effort to protect animal species using an experimental vaccine.

Coronavirus in Canada

By Associated Press | News | July 5th 2021