EU lawmakers back more ambitious renewables, energy saving goals
Under the plan, renewable energy would account for at least 35 percent of the EU's overall energy use by 2030
France plans to accelerate wind power projects
French onshore wind projects delivering 22 gigawatts (GW) have been authorised, but many face legal challenges
Britain must urgently bridge policy gaps to meet emissions target –advisers
Britain has committed by 2050 to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent compared with 1990 levels
Without rain, S.Africa's Cape Town may run out of water by April
'Day Zero' - the date taps are due to run dry - has crept forward to April 22 as city authorities race to build desalination plants and drill underground boreholes
UK supermarket Iceland targets plastic-free own label ranges by 2023
Iceland said the continuing use of plastic packaging does not resonate with British public opinion.
Warmer temperatures at Great Barrier Reef causing sea turtles to be born female
"We're now seeing on northern beaches virtually no males being born"
California police hope for "miracle" to find missing in mudslide
"Everybody down below gone"
'Window closing' for California mudslide searchers as death toll rises to 18
The dead range in age from 3 to 89
Make security strategy include climate again, lawmakers urge Trump
In December, a new national security strategy document dropped climate change as a national security threat
Poland's new environment minister signals little change on forest logging
A UNESCO World Heritage site, Bialowieza is one of Europe's last primeval forests