Puerto Rico to get $18.5 bln to rebuild shattered housing market
The prevalence of informal housing was thought to compound damage to Puerto Rico's housing stock when the storm hit
3D-printed public housing unveiled in France
Authorities in Nantes are planning further 3D-printed building projects, including a public reception building and a housing estate
Fiji braces for second cyclone in just over a week
Parts of Fiji are still cleaning up after Cyclone Josie hit over the Easter weekend
Apple says all its facilities now powered by clean energy
Data centers, offices and retail stories in 43 countries now run on wind, solar and other clean power, the company says
U.N. shipping agency under pressure to tackle growing CO2 emissions
The shipping sector, along with aviation, avoided specific emissions cut targets in a 2015 global climate pact
Israel will boost desalination to fight a five-year drought
Years of drought have left Israel's natural water sources at their lowest in a century
Apple says repeal of U.S. EPA carbon plan would threaten investments
Apple runs its U.S. operations fully on renewable energy such as wind and solar power
Three-nation talks on Ethiopia dam fail to reach agreement
Egypt and Ethiopia are at loggerheads over the construction of the Grand Renaissance Dam
Indonesia peatland swap plan questioned over deforestation risk
"We fear that vast areas of natural forest ... will be designated for land swaps and converted into pulpwood plantations in the name of peatland restoration"
Hurricane forecasters see above-average 2018 U.S. storm season
An average Atlantic hurricane season produces 12 named storms of which six become hurricanes, three of them major