Environment

San Francisco (AFP) - With its golden hue and light fruity flavor, the beer being sipped by Aaron Tartakovsky looks and tastes just like many others. But it contains an...

Paris (AFP) - The world's largest multilateral climate fund will aim to boost cash flow in a donor conference on Thursday, with all eyes on what the United States will...

Bangkok (AFP) - Shifting weather patterns caused by climate change are limiting when controlled burns can be carried out to prevent wildfires in the western United States, a new study...

Santa Cruz (United States) (AFP) - There never used to be young great white sharks basking off the busy beaches of central California, but as climate change starts to bite,...

Taft (United States) (AFP) - Fred Holmes watches with satisfaction as pumps pull oil from deep under his California farm, tapping a supply he thinks could last another century.  But...

Washington (AFP) - The US government on Thursday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics on public lands, including the country's famous national parks, by 2032. "Plastic waste is a...

New York (AFP) - The US Justice Department sued eBay on Wednesday for allegedly selling restricted pesticide products and devices that defeat motor vehicle emission controls. The complaint against the...

Paris (AFP) - Rich and developing nations alike must sharply improve their net-zero targets, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday, warning that a clean energy surge was the main reason...

Washington (AFP) - The sea ice around Antarctica likely had a record low surface area when it was at its maximum size this winter, a preliminary US analysis of satellite...

New York (AFP) - Electric cars are widely hailed as the future of transport, but even though they eliminate the issue of fuel emissions from tailpipes, the problem of particle...