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Peru court sentences killers of Indigenous land de...
A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried for the murders of four Indige...
EU to make pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries...
The European Union's parliament Wednesday approved a package of rules that will make the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries co...
Canada readies for another 'explosive' wildfire se...
Canada is bracing for another "explosive" wildfire season after last year's marked the worst that Canadians have ever known, feder...
Global warming will 'decimate' G20 economies witho...
UN climate chief Simon Stiell on Wednesday warned G20 nations their economies face decimation and they must overcome geopolitical...
US announces tough tap water standards for 'foreve...
US President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday announced the first nationwide tap water standards to protect the public from...
Top Europe court condemns Switzerland in landmark...
Europe's top rights court on Tuesday said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change, in the first such ruling on t...
Bogota restricts water as reservoirs hit 'critical...
The mayor of Colombia's capital Bogota on Monday announced water restrictions as reservoirs in the sprawling Andean city hit "crit...
To each their own: In Texas town, reasons vary for...
Shelli Ezell wants to watch the upcoming solar eclipse so she can feel the presence of her late daughter, with whom she observed o...
Rare Javan rhino calf spotted in Indonesia
A new Javan rhinoceros calf has been spotted at an Indonesian national park, giving hope for the conservation of one of the world'...
US nuclear industry upbeat on small reactors, desp...
Despite the recent cancellation of a next-generation US nuclear plant, backers of the carbon-free power source remain hopeful new...
Thunberg detained twice at Dutch climate protest
Dutch police twice detained climate activist Greta Thunberg on Saturday after a group of marchers blocked a main road in The Hague...
Denmark holds 'funeral' for a polluted fjord
A fjord in the east of Denmark received last rites on Saturday from a group of local activists in an effort to draw attention to t...
Austria risks becoming largely 'ice-free' in 45 ye...
Austria is set to become largely "ice-free" within 45 years, the country's Alpine Club warned Friday, as two of its glaciers last...
China's green-tech manufacturing powerhouse
China has extended its manufacturing domination to clean energy industries in recent years, alongside a global push for climate ch...
Tokyo crowds revel as cherry blossoms reach full b...
Tourists and residents packed Tokyo's top cherry blossom spots on Thursday to enjoy the full bloom that has arrived in the Japanes...
Despite gains in Brazil, forest destruction still...
The world lost 10 football fields of old-growth tropical forest every minute in 2023 and despite uplifting progress in the Amazon,...
EU probes Chinese-owned solar panel firms over sub...
The European Union on Wednesday announced investigations targeting two Chinese-owned solar panel manufacturers suspected of receiv...
From polar bears to groundwater, nature is riddled...
They didn't exist a century ago but today PFAS "forever chemicals" contaminate the environment from groundwater to Antarctic snow...
Tesla reports drop in auto sales, while Toyota see...
Tesla reported sharply lower first-quarter auto sales on Tuesday amid an underwhelming demand outlook for electric vehicles, while...
Canada's Trudeau on back foot over carbon tax
Polluters should pay up, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists. But pressure is mounting to scrap his signature climate p...
In Canada's Quebec, residents miffed over mining b...
Canada's Quebec province is rich with minerals needed for everything from electric cars to cell phones, but residents living atop...
UK's biggest water supplier plunges into deeper fi...
Debt-plagued Thames Water has failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, it revealed Thursday, blaming industry reg...
What do scientists hope to learn from total solar...
When a rare total solar eclipse sweeps across North America on April 8, scientists will be able to gather invaluable data on every...
Financial crisis at UK's biggest water supplier wo...
Debt-plagued Thames Water revealed Thursday that it failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, blaming industry reg...
New Zealand's Maori King calls for whales to be gi...
The King of New Zealand's Indigenous Maori people made an impassioned call Thursday for whales to be granted the same legal rights...
Saudi Aramco CEO calls energy transition strategy...
Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy tra...
Sweden aims to boost plastic recycling with giant...
Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant du...
Israel's war budget leaves top scientists in limbo
Israeli scientist Ellen Graber has spent years researching ways to save chocolate crops from climate change. But with the governme...
Australia battles to save last 11 wild 'earless dr...
Australia's grassland earless dragon is no bigger than a pinkie when it emerges from its shell, but the little lizard faces an eno...
Plastic 'interceptor' tackles trash in Bangkok riv...
Black flies exploded into the air as plastic waste fell from bamboo conveyor belts into skips on a solar-powered barge attempting...
Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: s...
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies...
Indonesia hunts clues as study suggests Javan tige...
Indonesia is hunting for more clues that the extinct Javan tiger may still exist in the wild, a government official said Tuesday,...