Environment

Paris (AFP) - The world added 50 percent more renewable energy capacity in 2023 over the previous year but more is needed in the battle against climate change, the International...

Paris (AFP) - The year of 2023 was the hottest on record, with the increase in Earth's surface temperature nearly crossing the critical threshold of 1. 5 degrees Celsius, EU...

Yuma (United States) (AFP) - As the world pivots from planet-warming fossil fuels to renewable energy, a new pollution problem is rearing its head: What to do with old or...

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...