Sweden's Thunberg demands climate action on day of global school strikes
Thunberg began her protest for climate action alone in August outside the Swedish parliament, but she has since drawn support around the world from children, teenagers and adults
S.African court dismisses sulphur dioxide emissions changes ahead of carbon tax
The change risks intensifying diseases and environmental degradation already in areas with already high measures of SO2 and other greenhouse gasses, said campaigners
Environment activists block entrance to Norwegian central bank
The demonstrators also plan wider actions against the government in a bid to halt Norway's production of oil and gas
Palm oil watchdog to create separate standards for smallholders - Indonesia director
Getting farmers to obtain sustainable certification will encourage them to comply with good agricultural practices and reduce the risk of forests being converted or damaged, says RSPO official
Children step up global calls to fight climate change
Coordinators expect more than a million young people to join protests in at least 110 countries
U.S. Senate passes $19.1 billion in disaster relief, no border aid
The measure would assist victims of disasters across the country over the last two years, from hurricanes in the Southeast to Midwestern flooding and California wildfires
Chile's Southern Patagonia Ice Field ruptured by climate change - scientists
Chilean scientists say Southern Patagonia Ice Field has split in two and is likely to continue to fracture amid climate change
Violent weather kills 3 in Missouri, floods rivers in Oklahoma
The reported casualties from the tornadoes brought the week's weather-related death toll in the region to at least seven
Senegal imports turbines for West Africa's first big wind farm project
Renewables currently make up a tiny portion of Africa's power generation, but South Africa, Morocco and Tunisia are all developing industrial-scale wind farms
Canada's oil-rich Alberta introduces bill to repeal carbon tax
Premier Kenney and his party swept to power in Alberta last month on a platform that promised to champion the province's beleaguered energy industry