The Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a ban on consumer uses of methylene chloride, a chemical widely used as a paint stripper but known to cause liver cancer and other health problems
April 30, 2024
Rain-swollen water levels at two Kenyan hydroelectric dams are at “historic highs” and people downstream are being told to move away
April 30, 2024
Two men charged with cutting down the beloved 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree have made their first appearances in a northern England courtroom
April 30, 2024
Under pressure to cope with the impact of rising temperatures, Greece's emergency response planners are shifting tactics this summer
May 01, 2024
Tourists have been evacuated by air from Kenya’s Maasai Mara national reserve after more than a dozen hotels, lodges and camps were flooded as heavy rains continue to batter the country
May 01, 2024
Britain's latest climate action plan is unlawful because ministers were not told of the risk that key policies could not be delivered, London's High Court ruled on
July 02, 2024
The Indonesian government will permanently relocate almost 10,000 residents after a series of explosive eruptions of the Ruang volcano has raised concerns about the dangers of
May 03, 2024
Torrential rains that caused widespread flooding and landslides across Kenya in recent weeks, killing at least 210 people, are forecast to worsen over the rest of this month,
July 02, 2024
The outlook for the soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul, which was on track to become the second largest producer in Brazil behind Mato Grosso
July 02, 2024
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have
July 02, 2024
A zebra that escaped from a trailer east of Seattle last weekend remained on the lam Friday, as authorities closed off trailheads at a nature area in hopes of keeping people away and easing her capture
May 03, 2024
Drone footage obtained by The Associated Press shows the devastation inflicted on the Ukranian village of Ocheretyne
May 04, 2024
Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on Saturday evening, while dozens remain unaccounted
July 02, 2024
Berkshire Hathaway Inc shareholders on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected six proposals addressing environmental and social policy issues at Warren
July 02, 2024
The number of people killed by flooding and other impacts of the heavy rains battering Kenya has risen to 228, the interior ministry said on Sunday.
July 02, 2024
Schools in Bangladesh reopened on Sunday and classes were continuing over the weekend after a searing heatwave a week ago that suspended lessons as the country baked in
May 05, 2024
Authorities say massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days and another 103 are reported missing
May 05, 2024
Three of the biggest global health funders have joined forces for the first time in a $300 million partnership aimed at tackling the linked impacts of climate
May 06, 2024
France's car industry will aim to ramp up electric car sales fourfold by 2027 under a strategy agreement to be signed with the government on Monday, just as the president of China
May 06, 2024
More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding
May 07, 2024
Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do
July 02, 2024
Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and
May 08, 2024
Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms
May 08, 2024
Two men who were instrumental in creating a global seed vault designed to safeguard the world’s agricultural diversity will be honored as the 2024 World Food Prize laureates
May 09, 2024
Members of three South American indigenous communities have asked Spain and UNESCO to declare a Spanish galleon that sank 300 years ago with a bountiful cargo as "
July 02, 2024
Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
BNP Paribas signs deal to buy HSBC private banking unit in Germany
Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage
Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea as arbitration hearings open
Pope Francis cancels meetings due to mild flu, Vatican says
Commerzbank shares fall 3% as German government retains stake
Alaska Airlines reports IT outage, disruption in Seattle