Environment

In Poland’s late summer heat, dozens of cars and trucks line up at the Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka coal mine, as householders fearful of winter shortages wait for days and nights …

African countries on Monday called for an end to a “climate injustice” saying the continent causes less than four percent of global CO2 emissions but pays one of the highest …

Paleontologists have been working away in a Portuguese backyard to unearth the remains of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe, University of Lisbon researchers said. Fossilized …

California ruled Thursday that all new cars sold in America’s most populous state must be zero emission from 2035, in what was billed as a nation-leading step to slash the …

Europe is facing its worst drought in at least 500 years, with two-thirds of the continent in a state of alert or warning, reducing inland shipping, electricity production and the …

It was once a jewel of West Africa — the “Pearl of Lagoons,” people liked to call it. Today, the vast Ebrie lagoon which abuts Ivory Coast’s economic capital Abidjan …

Drone footage from Al-Jazirah province showed a village and surrounding area partially submerged by floodwaters. The death toll since the rainy season kicked off in May stood at 77 people, …

At least 43 people have died in the huge fires that have ravaged forest and urban areas of north-eastern Algeria in recent days, according to a new report by the …

China’s scorched southwestern regions extended curbs on power consumption on Monday as they deal with dwindling hydropower output and surging household electricity demand during a long drought and heatwave. State …

Floods and landslides triggered by intense monsoon rains killed at least 50 people in northern and eastern India over the last three days, officials said on Sunday. The rains overwhelmed …