Environment

Los Angeles (AFP) - The booming use of electric vehicles in parts of California is reducing CO2 emissions in those areas, a study showed Thursday, bolstering a key pillar of...

New York (AFP) - New York City is iconic for its yellow taxis, pizza slices, bright lights on Broadway and its rats. Mountains of black garbage bags line cramped city...

Washington (AFP) - Climate change is causing heat waves to slow to a crawl, exposing humans to extreme temperatures for longer than ever before, a study published in Science Advances...

Washington (AFP) - Following last week's crackdown on car emissions, President Joe Biden's administration on Friday unveiled finalized pollution standards for trucks, placing vehicle tailpipes at the forefront of his...

Washington (AFP) - The US administration of President Joe Biden on Thursday announced further protections for endangered species and their habitats, restoring a set of regulations weakened by Donald Trump....

Houston (AFP) - Pointing to the still paltry share of renewable energy in global supply, the head of Saudi Aramco described the current energy transition strategy as a misguided failure...

Los Angeles (AFP) - A rare attack by a mountain lion on two brothers in a remote area of California left one dead and the other severely injured over the...

Washington (AFP) - It is one of the prettier fixtures of spring in Washington: thousands of cherry trees bloom amid the city's stately monuments in a spectacle that draws more...

Los Angeles (AFP) - The US Coast Guard is investigating a two-mile-long oil spill just off the California coast near Los Angeles, officials said Friday. The spill is located close...

Paris (AFP) - Last month was the warmest February on record globally, the ninth straight month of historic high temperatures across the planet as climate change steers the world into...