Environment

Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesThe goal to keep the rise in temperatures under 1.5C is failing badly according to a UN review of nations' carbon-cutting plans ahead of next month's COP30 summit.Only 64 countries have submitted new pledges to limit...

By Rishav Chatterjee and Selena Li (Reuters) -HSBC Holdings said on Monday it will book a $1.1 billion provision in its third-quarter results after losing part of an appeal in a long-running lawsuit tied...

Jean MackenzieSeoul correspondentBBC/Hosu LeeAs a child, she remembers her father's fridge would be filled with crabs and squid. "Now the stocks are gone, but the companies still force them to go out, and because these men have worked as...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of...

When the U.S. government shut down in late 2018, it furloughed nearly 600 Environmental Protection Agency pollution inspectors for more than a month. Those workers had to stop their work of monitoring and inspecting industrial...

Is solar power going to take over the world? The past few years have seen a frankly astounding acceleration...