Environment

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Crews continued to fight a massive fire in northern California on Sunday, as authorities in the western US state warned of increasing winds and...

Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - The United States is launching a new initiative to help South American nations disrupt illicit activities that harm the Amazon rainforest, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced...

Washington (AFP) - Toxic "forever chemicals" are increasingly being used in US pesticides, threatening human health as they contaminate waterways and are sprayed on staple foods, a study said Wednesday....

Tucumcari (United States) (AFP) - Perched almost 300 feet (90 meters) above the New Mexico plains, strapped to the sheer-edged roof of a wind turbine's generator by a single safety...

Los Angeles (United States) (AFP) - Several western US states including California and Utah were battling wildfires on Monday as millions of Americans in the region were once again under...

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden's administration on Friday announced plans to phase out single-use plastics in all federal operations by 2035, as part of a broader effort to combat...

New York (AFP) - As much of America baked in heat waves this week, the relatively poor New York borough of the Bronx suffered disproportionately. Reinaldo Morales, a 68-year-old military...

Geneva (AFP) - The amount of dust in the air eased slightly in 2023, the United Nations said Friday, warning that poor environmental management was fuelling sand and dust storms....

Bogotá (AFP) - Colombia's Constitutional Court on Wednesday annulled a controversial carbon credit deal in the Amazon rainforest, which six local tribes said had been signed without their consent. Indigenous...

Washington (AFP) - A rare species of tree cactus has gone extinct in Florida, in what is believed to be the first species lost to sea level rise in the...