The Latest: Biden administration opens global climate summit

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Biden’s global climate summit (all times local):
8 a.m.
The Biden administration has opened a global climate summit including 40 world leaders.
President Joe Biden recently announced a pledge to cut at least in half the climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes that the U.S. pumps out. That’s a commitment Biden hopes will spur China and other big polluters to speed up efforts of their own.
Former Vice President Al Gore praised the p