Environment

New York (AFP) - New York state this week appealed the dismissal of a pollution lawsuit against soda giant PepsiCo, accusing its single-use plastic packaging of posing a scourge on...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - A wind-fanned wildfire quickly spread early on Tuesday in Malibu, threatening homes and businesses in the coastal California community where many Hollywood elites reside....

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Parenting can be tough, even for the young and energetic, but one elderly albatross is about to go through it all again -- at...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - As hundreds of millions of Americans get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving with a huge feast, park managers are warning budding chefs not to brine...

Davis (United States) (AFP) - A scientist guides a long tube into the mouth and down to the stomach of Thing 1, a two-month-old calf that is part of a...

Washington (AFP) - Human-driven warming of ocean temperatures increased the maximum wind speeds of every Atlantic hurricane in 2024, according to a new analysis released Wednesday, highlighting how climate change...

Washington (AFP) - Brenda Diaz Valencia's life was upended nearly two years ago when the bullet-riddled truck driven by her father, Mexican environmental defender Antonio Diaz Valencia, and lawyer Ricardo...

Washington (AFP) - G20 leaders affirmed their commitment to shifting away from fossil fuels after talks this week in Washington, according to a ministerial statement released Friday. Recalling commitments made...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - An enormous lithium mine in the Nevada desert was granted final government approval Thursday in a project the miner predicts will quadruple US production...

New York (AFP) - Amazon announced significant investments in nuclear energy on Wednesday, joining other tech giants in aiming to meet the high electric power demands of artificial intelligence using...