Environment

Washington (AFP) - US engine maker Cummins Inc has agreed to pay $1. 67 billion to settle claims it installed devices to defeat emissions controls in hundreds of thousands of...

Point Township (United States) (AFP) - On the banks of the Susquehanna river in rural Pennsylvania, a quiet, unassuming plot of land is the unlikely backdrop for a simmering debate...

Sasabe (United States) (AFP) - Jaguars don't understand borders, but where the United States meets Mexico, they are having to adapt to themOnce the master of the Sonoran Desert, the...

Washington (AFP) - The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday announced a review that could eventually lead to the end of PVC plastic production -- impacting everything from records...

Washington (AFP) - A UN climate deal that approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels has been hailed as a major milestone and a cause for at least...

Dubai (AFP) - The world for the first time on Wednesday approved a call to transition away from fossil fuels as UN negotiations in Dubai tackled the top culprit behind...

Dubai (AFP) - The scene would be unthinkable elsewhere these days -- US and Chinese envoys, smiling and embracing, hailing their friendship as leading the world together in the right...

Buras (United States) (AFP) - In southern Louisiana, where most things are surrounded by water, residents are being forced to buy bottled water to drink, bathe and even give to...

Memphis (AFP) - In the middle of the shrunken Mississippi, a barge drags a giant metal-edged suction head along the riverbed to remove sediment from shipping lanes.  The crew of...

Turrell (United States) (AFP) - Jonathan Driver, an Arkansas farmer with blackened hands and a thick southern drawl, doesn't have a minute to spare. He's been working 16 or 17...