[ad_1] JAKARTA (Reuters) – A military official in the Indonesian province of Jambi said on Saturday he has ordered that anyone who deliberately sets fire to forest areas be shot, as authorities struggle to contain…

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – A giant panda in Beauval zoo gave birth to twin cubs on Friday, the first ever to be born in France, but one died shortly afterwards, the zoo said. Huan Huan,…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday extended a state of emergency by two weeks for a second time as it battled 122 fires that have forced as many as 45,000…

[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German carmaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE) defended industry committees on Friday, as cartel authorities examine allegations of collusion between BMW (BMWG.DE), Mercedes, Porsche, Audi and Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE). German magazine Der Spiegel reported last…

[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – A wide swathe of southwest Japan, including areas devastated by torrential rains last month, on Friday braced for more rain as Typhoon Noru, at one point the world’s strongest storm this…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Environmental Protection Agency will reject a proposed overhaul of the U.S. biofuels program that would have shifted blending responsibility away from refining companies further down the fuel supply chain,…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Residents of the U.S. Pacific Northwest were enduring sweltering heat on Wednesday as temperatures smashed records and hit triple digits in a region better known for rain and mild weather. Portland had…

[ad_1] TRAVERSE CITY, Michigan (Reuters) – The California environmental agency that probed Volkswagen AG’s (VOWG_p.DE) diesel vehicles for violating pollution-control rules is now scrutinizing whether some gasoline-powered vehicles are emitting excess pollution, according to a…

[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The theft of an unknown amount of radioactive material has prompted an alert in five Mexican states, the head of national emergency services said on Wednesday. The alert and search…

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – German ministers and car executives will meet on Wednesday to agree ways to cut inner-city pollution to try to stave off bans on diesel cars and restore the tarnished reputation of…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing its directions on how to use the latest versions of the weed killer dicamba, following hundreds of reports about crop damage when traces of…

[ad_1] HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s High Court on Tuesday ordered a state diamond company to stop all mining activities because it had not received a permit from the environmental agency allowing it to operate. The…

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt rejected suggestions on Tuesday that he is too closely tied to the country’s car industry ahead of a national summit to discuss ways to cut pollution…

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A wildfire broke out on Monday at the edge of a national forest in Southern California, threatening dozens of homes in the path of the flames and prompting authorities to…

[ad_1] BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German lawmakers must balance conflicting demands at a national summit to discuss pollution from diesel vehicles this week, wanting to appear tough ahead of federal elections next month while trying to…

[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – The second storm to hit Taiwan in 24 hours battered southern and central parts of the island on Monday after Typhoon Nesat injured more than 100 people and shut businesses at…

[ad_1] TAIPEI (Reuters) – A strong typhoon swept across Taiwan on Sunday, injuring more than 80 people, forcing the capital to shut down essential services and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes.…

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – The German environment ministry has rejected calls from two of the country’s states for tax incentives to promote the sale of low-emission modern diesels and electric cars. Representatives of Germany’s federal…

[ad_1] ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast has seized three tonnes of pangolin scales and arrested eight people for trading the valuable armor of the world’s most trafficked animal, a police chief said. The small, armadillo-like…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government may have to require more biofuels to be blended into the country’s fuel supply after a court ruled on Friday that the mandates must be reconsidered, a…

[ad_1] KELSO, South Africa (Reuters) – Fishermen on South Africa’s east coast were treated on Friday to a sight they have waited five years to see as millions of sardines swam in from the Indian…

[ad_1] BRUSSELS/WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Union’s top court ordered Poland on Friday to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, eurosceptic government in…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles won approval from U.S. and California regulators on Friday to sell 2017 diesel vehicles after it came under scrutiny for alleged excess emissions in older diesel vehicles. Fiat…

[ad_1] EL MANSOURI, Lebanon (Reuters) – On Lebanon’s beaches, endangered sea turtles have a human ally to help them in the face of myriad threats. Mona Khalil, 77, founded The Orange House Project in 2000…

[ad_1] AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Widespread flooding in India’s western industrial state of Gujarat has killed more than 120 people and paralyzed infrastructure, officials said on Friday, with tens of thousands of cotton farmers also…

[ad_1] FARGO, N.D. (Reuters) – Hot and dry weather during the growing season slashed yield prospects for U.S. hard red spring wheat to the lowest in nearly a decade, scouts on an annual crop tour…

[ad_1] GAZA (Reuters) – As Middle East summer temperatures soar above 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit), Gazans are struggling to stay cool amid a power crisis, with less than four hours of electricity a day…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Power development company Invenergy LLC and General Electric Co on Wednesday announced plans to build the largest wind farm in the United States in Oklahoma, part of a $4.5 billion project to…

[ad_1] OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s top court on Wednesday handed aboriginals a partial victory on the need to be consulted on resource projects, throwing out permits to conduct seismic testing for oil and gas in…

[ad_1] MARSEILLE (Reuters) – Firefighters evacuated thousands of campers and local residents after a wildfire broke out on France’s tourist-thronged Riviera coast overnight. The blaze was the latest of several wind-whipped fires that are ravaging…