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Reporter with The Associated Press

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This photo provided by California State Parks shows the Pioneer Tree one of the few remaining old-growth coastal redwoods at Samuel P. Taylor State Park, Calif., on Thursday, March 24, 2022, after it collapsed from a fire. (California State Parks via AP)

Biden passes order to help protect old-growth forests from wildfire

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees.

News, US News, Politics | April 22nd 2022

President Joe Biden speaks during the COP26 U.N. Climate Summit, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2021, in Glasgow, Scotland. Photo by The Associated Press/Evan Vucci

Biden appears all-in on climate abroad, but home efforts are undermined by rogue senator

President Joe Biden is joining other world leaders in highlighting the importance of preserving forests as a force against global warming, but at home a coal-state U.S. senator is again threatening Biden's landmark climate legislation at home.

Race to a Safer World

News, US News, Politics | November 2nd 2021

In this Aug. 25, 2021, file photo the French Fire burns hillsides along Highway 155 in Sequoia National Forest, Calif. File photo by The Associated Press/Noah Berger

Biden looks at climate change risks to financial markets

In a season of daunting wildfires and flooding, the Biden administration is taking an initial step to assess how climate change could harm financial markets — planning to launch on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, a 75-day comment period on how the impacts could reshape the insurance sector.

Race to a Safer World

News, US News, Politics | September 1st 2021

President Joe Biden holds up a map of wildfires in Washington state as he speaks with governors in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, on, July 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of wildfires, Biden says

President Joe Biden is sounding the alarm about the need for more resources to fight a series of wildfires in western states, as climate change has worsened the spread and ferocity of the blazes.

Wildfires

News, Politics | July 31st 2021

Vice President Kamala Harris watches as President Joe Biden takes a question from a reporter after speaking about distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, in the East Room of the White House May 21, 2021. Photo by: Associated Press/Evan Vucci

Biden's green jobs plan will mean winners and losers

News | May 18th 2021

Biden team tackles political peril from pipeline cyberattack

The Biden administration swung aggressively into action after a primary gasoline pipeline fell prey to a cyberattack — understanding that the situation posed a possible series of political and economic risks.

News, US News, Politics | May 13th 2021