Global Regulation
Japan's nuclear regulator has upgraded the rating of a leak of radiation-contaminated water at its tsunami-wrecked nuclear plant to a "serious incident" on an international...
Environment
Each summer, microscopic dust particles kicked up by African sandstorms blow thousands of miles (kilometers) across the Atlantic to arrive in the Caribbean, limiting airplane...
Americas
Canada's Senate called for a full safety review of pipelines, railroads and other means of transporting crude oil, in a report Thursday that also urges better responses to...
Europe
China, the United States and Qatar were accused of environmental plunder on Tuesday as green activists marked "Earth Overshoot Day," the date at which mankind has exhausted a...
Europe
Spanish fishermen say their catch has been ruined by Gibraltar's decision to drop concrete blocks in waters surrounding the tiny British outpost.
World
President Rafael Correa said Thursday that he has abandoned a unique and ambitious plan to persuade rich countries to pay Ecuador not to drill for oil in a pristine Amazon...
World
Brazil's environment minister says the government has increased the number of its inspectors in the Amazon rainforest to help halt a rise in illegal deforestation.
World
Officials from the Pew Charitable Trusts and one of famed underwater explorer Jacques Cousteau's grandsons were in Bermuda on Thursday calling for the creation of the...
World
A Chilean appeals court has annulled the construction permit for the $1.4 billion Punta Alcalde thermoelectric plant.
World
A fire has raged across an ecological reserve in the capital of Argentina, just a few blocks from the city's political and financial center.
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