Groups say they’re shut out of global treaty talks on plastics pollution in Bangkok

Experts meet in Bangkok this week to advance what would be the first international treaty to…

Trump zigzags between economic remarks and personal insults at rally in critical Pennsylvania

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on…

Evacuation ordered in northern Japan, flights and trains canceled in Tokyo as a typhoon approaches

TOKYO — Thousands of people in northern Japan were ordered to evacuate Friday because of the…

Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline

MADISON, Wis. — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to…

Feds announce funding push for ropeless fishing gear that spares rare whales

PORTLAND, Maine — New efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that…

Wildfires are growing under climate change, and their smoke threatens farmworkers, study says

LOS ANGELES — As wildfires scorched swaths of land in the wine country of Sonoma County…

Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it’s a plot against populist president

BELGRADE, Serbia — Tens of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday against lithium mining in Serbia,…

You had a lot of questions about next-generation nuclear reactors. We posed them to the experts

The United States is speeding up efforts to license and build a new generation of nuclear…

China auto sales fall in July, while exports jump about 20% as automakers expand across the globe

BANGKOK — Auto sales in China faltered in July, falling 5% from a year earlier, the…

US, India, Russia, Japan are building out wind power much too slowly for climate change, report says

The world is falling well short of a promise made at global climate talks last year…