Environment

Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project dubbed the “largest solar precinct in the world”. Authorities announced environmental approvals for the US$24 billion...

An oil spill has dumped black sludge on beaches along Venezuela’s northwestern coast and affected fishing in the area, residents and environmental activists said Monday. In Puerto Cabello, near the El Palito refinery — the scene...

Flooding caused by torrential rainfall in war-torn Yemen has led to at least 60 deaths since July, with 13 others still missing and a total of 268,000 people affected, the United Nations said Monday. Yemen, already...

After hammering Puerto Rico and Bermuda, Ernesto re-formed into a hurricane on Sunday and moved far off the east coast of the US, posing a risk of wind and rain to the US and Canadian coastlines....

According to the port and the climate group, environmental activists tied themselves to a lock on Sunday at the Port of Amsterdam to stop a cruise ship from arriving. Extinction Rebellion, a group that has demanded...

A landslide that was caused by heavy rainfall early this morning claimed the lives of at least three people, including a woman and her family’s children. “The incident occurred at Jarulbhunia Segunbagicha area under Philkhali union...

On Saturday, AFP correspondents reported that firefighters were fighting a huge forest fire in Turkey’s Aegean city of Izmir for the third day, following the evacuation of hundreds of residents from neighboring towns the day before....

Before moving on toward eastern Canada, Hurricane Ernesto battered Bermuda on Saturday with intense gusts and heavy rain, knocking out electricity to a large portion of the British Atlantic Ocean colony. As of Saturday night, the...

Around 100 firefighters tackled a large blaze at London’s historic Somerset House cultural centre on Saturday, with images posted on social media showing flames leaping out from underneath its roof. “Fifteen fire engines and around 100...

Turkish authorities evacuated scores of buildings in the Aegean resort of Izmir on Friday as a forest fire touched residential districts of the city. Authorities said 16 buildings had been damaged by fire, while Agriculture Minister...