Focus on Environment
Coal miners getting new protections from silica dust linked to black lung disease
Health problems have grown in recent years as miners dig through more layers of rock to gain access to coal seams when deposits...
Global ocean summit nets $10 bn in pledges: Greek PM
"Our ocean is literally sending us distress signals. Of course, long before we understood climate change, the ocean was already under attack from...
Trillions of tonnes of carbon locked in soil has been left out of environmental models – and it’s on the move
There is much more inorganic carbon in soil than anybody realized – and it may be a surprisingly big player in Earth’s carbon...
The world’s coral reefs are bleaching. What does that mean?
As the El Nino weakens, scientists say some of that ocean heat should diminish. But overall ocean warming will continue as climate change...
Scientists say coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching in warming oceans
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared Monday, a result of warming ocean...
Debt-for-nature swaps could give $100 billion boost to climate fight, says report
LONDON – Debt-for-nature swaps, where poorer countries have debt written off in return for protecting ecosystems such as barrier reefs or rainforests, could...
Sweden will miss its climate goals without changes – environment agency
The environment agency said Sweden will need to cut its use of fossil diesel and petrol and increase electric transport to meet it's...
Greenpeace targets Russia-linked Baltic Sea fuel tanker
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Greenpeace activists painted slogans on an Estonian-owned tanker in the middle of the Baltic Sea on Friday, and said the...
Switzerland underestimated elderly women in climate case, plaintiff says
By Cecile Mantovani and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber VEVEY, Switzerland (Reuters) – Stefanie Brander, one of the more than 2,000 women over 64 who won...
Increasing renewable energy to create more conflicts between environmental values
An Alberta environmental group opposes a solar power project over concerns it would damage antelope habitat and block their migration
