Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather
May 31, 2024
Officials in India say a scorching heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of the country this week
May 31, 2024
An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum
June 01, 2024
California firefighters gained significant ground Sunday on a wind-driven wildfire that has scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco
June 02, 2024
Sri Lanka has closed schools as heavy rain triggered floods and mudslides in many parts of the island nation, leaving at least 16 people dead
June 03, 2024
For at least some residents, Atlanta’s water problems aren't over
June 03, 2024
Two young brothers and their cousin were wandering through a fossil-rich stretch of the North Dakota badlands when they stumbled across a T
June 03, 2024
The first heat wave of the season has arrived earlier than usual across much of the U.S. Southwest
June 04, 2024
Indonesia's Mount Ibu volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing thick columns of grey ash five km (three miles) into the sky, the volcanology agency said, but there were no immediate
July 02, 2024
Luisana Gil, a dog groomer in Santiago, Chile, has a lot of hair on her hands - she throws away bags and bags of her clients' hair, which until recently went
July 02, 2024
Millions of Americans from the Gulf Coast of Texas to California's San Francisco Bay area were warned on Tuesday to curb outdoor activity and
July 02, 2024
The season’s first heat wave is already baking the Southwestern U.S. with triple-digit temperatures as Phoenix firefighters employ new tactics in hopes of saving more lives
June 05, 2024
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a “windfall” tax on profits of fossil fuel companies to help pay for the fight against global warming
June 05, 2024
A massive high-pressure system known as a heat dome that has stalled over the U.S.
July 02, 2024
A Maine woman learned the hard way that quicksand doesn’t just happen in jungles or rainforests in Hollywood movies
June 06, 2024
A California Supreme Court ruling will allow the University of California to build new student housing at Berkeley’s historic People’s Park
June 06, 2024
A U.S. district judge has dismissed claims by Native American tribes and environmentalists who sought to halt construction along part of a $10 billion energy transmission line
June 06, 2024
Las Vegas has set a new record high for the second day in a row and Albuquerque tied its high mark
June 07, 2024
The main shipping channel into Baltimore’s port has fully reopened to its original depth and width following the March 26 collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge
June 10, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for short-term help in repairing his country’s electricity network and long-term investment in its energy system
June 11, 2024
Hundreds of caged animals died after a fire struck Chatuchak Weekend Market, one of the most famous markets in Thailand’s capital
June 11, 2024
Scientists using new methods of measuring the carcinogen ethylene oxide have found much higher than expected levels of the chemical in the air along a corridor in southeastern Louisiana
June 11, 2024
The conservationist group known as NYC Audubon has changed its name to NYC Bird Alliance to distance itself from the pro-slavery views of ornithologist and illustrator John James Audubon
June 11, 2024
As Jose Cleiton and Brandao Amilton ride their horses into the vastness of the Pantanal grassy wetlands of Brazil, a wall of smoke towers from the
July 02, 2024
New Zealand and China on Thursday signed agreements on trade and climate change, with human rights also on the agenda, during a trip by Premier Li
July 02, 2024
Malaysian police rescue 187 more children as sex abuse probe of Islamic group deepens
China auto association flags concern over dealership losses to government
Hedge funds snap up US tech stocks amid falling rates, says Goldman Sachs
Flood damage Romanian county of Galati seen at $13.9 million, says council
Swiss National Bank to cut rates by 25 bps on Thursday, hold in December- Reuters poll
ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus marries for third time, with ‘Bake Off’ star Sandi Toksvig officiating
Carlos Alcaraz leads Team Europe to comeback victory over Team World in the Laver Cup
Cathay Pacific bans couple after seat-reclining spat