Environment

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics in all federal operations by 2035, as part of a broader effort to combat...

New York (AFP) - As much of America baked in heat waves this week, the relatively poor New York borough of the Bronx suffered disproportionately. Reinaldo Morales, a 68-year-old military...

Geneva (AFP) - The amount of dust in the air eased slightly in 2023, the United Nations said Friday, warning that poor environmental management was fuelling sand and dust storms....

Bogotá (AFP) - Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent. Indigenous...

Washington (AFP) - A rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the...

Lima (AFP) - The preserved body of an American mountaineer -- who disappeared 22 years ago while scaling a snowy peak in Peru -- has been found after being exposed...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Hollywood stars aren't the only celebrities who live in the hills around Los Angeles -- Southern California's mountain lions also make their homes there...

Los Angeles (AFP) - The US state of Hawaii has reached an historic agreement in response to litigation by youth activists, promising to speed up the de-carbonization of its transport...

United Nations (United States) (AFP) - Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants...

Los Angeles (AFP) - California firefighters on Monday tackled the state's biggest blaze of the year so far, as fears intensify over ominous conditions forecast for the hot, dry months...