Environment

Without doubt, when we reflect on the many achievements of the UK healthcare system and our NHS, there is much to be proud of – but today we are faced...

The Summary California’s attorney general is suing ExxonMobil, alleging the company misled consumers into believing that recycling was a viable solution for plastic waste. The suit accuses the company of...

Sweden’s reputation is preceding its European commissioner — and not in a good way. Newly charged with the leading the EU’s environment portfolio, Jessika Roswall, from Sweden’s governing conservative Moderate...

Martinus Fredericks meets me outside the police station in South Africa’s Atlantis, a somewhat forlorn semi-industrial town on the outskirts of Cape Town. On this winter’s morning, Atlantis is shrouded...

On Tuesday, Phoenix finally snapped a record streak of 113 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 100 degrees — around 3.5 straight months. The previous record of 76 consecutive...

There hasn’t been a worse time to be a coral in recent history.  Record-breaking sea surface temperatures have persisted globally since March 2023. In that time, more than three-quarters of...

LONDON — This year’s Labour Party conference promises to be one of the most momentous. Following a landslide victory at July’s general election, a Labour government is now in place...

Ministers newly installed in their Whitehall offices. Special advisers moving from opposition to government. The first Labour administration for 14 years — and one marked in its early weeks by...

BRUSSELS — Christophe Hansen, Ursula von der Leyen’s choice for EU agriculture and food commissioner, embodies her plan to make peace with restive farmers battered by the pandemic, war in...

BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has chosen Spanish Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera as her second-in-command, tasking her with overseeing a vast portfolio including climate and competition...