Environment

News Hour: Under pressure from allies, U.S. President Donald Trump backed a pledge to fight protectionism on Saturday, but refused to endorse a global climate change accord, saying he needed more time to decide. The summit...

News Hour: The toll from severe flooding in eastern Canada worsened on Monday with thousands of people affected and schools closed, but authorities were optimistic that rising water levels would soon crest. Several rivers and lakes...

News Hour: France on Saturday banned the breeding in captivity of dolphins and killer whales under tighter rules that campaigners hope will eventually herald the end of shows involving the animals. Environment Minister Segolene Royal had...

News Hour: A dust storm is choking a large swathe of northern China including the capital, Beijing, in yet another air quality crisis to affect the country. Official air quality readings have soared well above the...

News Hour: “If nothing is done, this species will disappear within 10 years,” warns a poster on Ahmed Harrad’s aging 4×4 showing Morocco’s famed Barbary macaque monkey. Harrad spends his time crisscrossing northern Morocco to try...

News Hour: Deadly weekend storms have left at least 14 dead in the midwestern and southern United States, according to officials, as eastern regions faced potential damaging winds and isolated tornadoes into Monday. Severe weather devastated...

News Hour: On International Mother Earth Day, the United Nations Environment Programme will launch Young Champions of the Earth, a new initiative to spot young, talented people between the ages of 18 and 30 and support...

News Hour: The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was among the deadliest tropical cyclones on record. On the night of 29 April 1991, a powerful tropical cyclone struck the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 250 km/h...

News Hour: Recent aerial photographs of extensive pollution at industrial sites in northern China have caused a public outcry, and calls for action from the authorities. The images, taken by a drone, show a cluster of...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has backed Singapore’s Sunseap Group’s project to build Cambodia’s first large-scale solar power project under a long-term agreement with Electricité Du Cambodge (EDC). ADB’s Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD)...