Children have right to clean environment - report
The UN says countries must act urgently to protect children from the harmful effects of climate change.
2023-08-28 19:25
China’s summer of climate destruction
China sees both extreme heat and devastating floods, including in areas where flooding was unheard of.
2023-08-28 07:54
Andrew Harding: A fond farewell to an uneasy South Africa
The BBC's Andrew Harding reflects on his years in a country of increasingly stark contrasts.
2023-08-27 07:54
Fukushima disaster: What happened at the nuclear plant?
A tsunami struck the Japanese plant in 2011, leading to the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
2023-08-23 16:16
Vegan Sam Bankman-Fried is subsisting only on bread and water in jail, his attorneys say
Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty Tuesday to amended fraud and money laundering charges, appearing in court for the first time since his bail was revoked and he was sent to a Brooklyn jail to await trial.
2023-08-22 23:19
Japan to start releasing Fukushima wastewater as soon as Thursday
Japan will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the ocean as early as Thursday, officials announced on Tuesday, following months of heightened public anxiety and pushback from many neighboring countries.
2023-08-22 16:19
Bernardo Arevalo: Anti-corruption leader wins Guatemala election
Bernardo Arevalo promises to end elite rule in the country mired in poverty and gang violence.
2023-08-21 18:21
Judge partially strikes down Georgia ban on giving voters food and water in polling lines
A federal judge on Friday narrowed a section of Georgia election law that banned the practice of handing out food and water to voters waiting in line to cast ballots, as well as halted enforcement of a requirement that voters put their birth dates on the outer envelope of their ballots.
2023-08-19 10:49
How much water is left in the Colorado River? Scientists and officials are scrambling to find out
Officials, farmers and tribes are bracing for more difficult negotiations on how to divvy up the Colorado River in the long term.
2023-08-14 23:59
Camp Lejeune water contamination cases increasingly becoming wrongful death claims as lawsuits proceed at a crawl
Last year, Eddie Peterson lost consciousness at his home in Memphis and stopped breathing.
2023-08-14 07:51
Colorado River Basin has lost 10 trillion gallons due to warming temps, enough water to fill Lake Mead, study shows
Human-caused climate change has shrunk the amount of water in the Colorado River Basin by more than 10 trillion gallons since 2000, according to a recent study.
2023-08-01 19:50
Beijing floods: Deadly rains batter China capital as new storm looms
The remnants of super typhoon Doksuri inundate China's capital for the fourth straight day.
2023-08-01 16:50