Environment

MEXICO CITY—A broad ban on single-use containers, forks, straws, and other ubiquitous items takes effect in Mexico’s capital, one of the world’s largest cities, after more than a year of ...

A diver came across a rare deep-sea fish that, strangely, uses its fins as legs. Mikey Charteris, a ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO) Oct. 13 to formally establish an interagency council for the ...

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) has urged the Department of Justice to investigate potential Chinese and Russian efforts to ...

President Donald Trump signed an order to extend a ban on offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of ...

WASHINGTON—A nuclear energy venture founded by Bill Gates said Thursday it hopes to build small advanced nuclear power ...

The Trump administration approved an oil and gas leasing program within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), a 1.56-million-acre swath ...

JOHANNESBURG—The grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil near protected areas off the Indian Ocean island nation ...

For years, experts have predicted impending catastrophe from climate change. Thirty-one years ago, a senior U.N. environmental official ...

In the Shenyang City of Liaoning Province, a huge lightning bolt struck a high-rise building from top to ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed into law a landmark conservation bill that addresses the backlog of infrastructure ...

President Donald Trump announced on July 29 that export term limits for liquified natural gas (LNG) to non-free trade ...

The Morrison government has announced it will create 10,000 new jobs and transform Australia's waste and recycling industry. ...

Hundreds of elephants in northern Botswana have mysteriously died over the last two months in what experts are ...

ArcelorMittal presented plans last week for carbon-neutral steel production across its European operations by 2050, but said that ...

China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam, the largest hydropower project in the world, has drawn scrutiny for its structural ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a state of emergency in the Norilsk region after 20,000 metric tons (approx. ...

A new report by Tangaroa Blue Foundation has revealed a deeper look at 24 tonnes of litter, the ...

Locals found thousands of dead fish washed ashore on Lake Wyangan in New South Wales' (NSW) Riverina region ...

Forecasters at the National Weather Service (NWS) expect the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season will bring above-normal activity. According ...

Ukrainian authorities said that radiation levels were back to normal after an earlier radiation spike in the restricted ...

Many parts of the United States could see a delayed start to spring this year, with a prolonged ...

LOS ANGELES—On the outer walls of Resurrection Church in Los Angeles, signs in English and Spanish advertised free ...

California researchers have predicted that by the end of the century, there will be an increase of up ...

Facing pressure from the California government to facilitate the production of more green energy, the Trump Administration approved ...

Environmental groups trying to halt hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in California have banded together to sue the Trump ...

A coastal city in California is moving to ban coal exports, shutting down a port that handles about ...