Focus on Environment
Plastic ‘interceptor’ tackles trash in Bangkok river
Black flies exploded into the air as plastic waste fell from bamboo conveyor belts into skips on a solar-powered barge attempting to remove...
Pennsylvania county joins other local governments to sue oil industry
A large suburban Philadelphia county has joined dozens of other local governments in the US in suing the oil industry, asserting that major...
Majority of EU countries ask bloc to scale back deforestation law
BRUSSELS – Some 20 members of the European Union asked Brussels to scale back and possibly suspend the bloc’s anti-deforestation law on Tuesday,...
Planting trees in wrong places heats the planet: study
Planting trees in the wrong places can actually contribute to global warming, scientists said on Tuesday, but a new map identifies the best...
Spraying manure and throwing beets, farmers in tractors again block Brussels to protest EU policies
BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight on Tuesday as hundreds of tractors again sealed off...
Climate pact accepted by new Tuvalu government, says Australia
SYDNEY – Australia and the Pacific Islands nation of Tuvalu will go ahead with a security and climate migration pact, after Tuvalu’s new...
Here are the big hurdles in the push to increase global renewable energy
The world’s governments have agreed they want to triple renewable energy by 2030, a goal laid out at the U.N. climate summit in...
Whistleblowing portal launched for UK water industry workers
The UK’s Environment Agency has launched a whistleblowing portal for workers in a bid to crack down on issues like sewage pollution. Those...
EU members call for revision of anti-deforestation law
BRUSSELS – A group of EU countries led by Austria is calling for urgent revisions to the bloc’s anti-deforestation law set to go...
EU countries split over nature law in latest blow to green agenda
BRUSSELS – The European Union’s flagship policy to restore damaged nature is hanging in the balance, with a vote to pass the law...
