U.S. scientist to file whistleblower complaint after agency halts his climate work
George Luber, who ran the climate and health program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will file a complaint after his office was rolled into a bigger asthma program and he was ordered to drop work on climate issues
Hunger driving migration in drought-hit Central America - U.N.
Five years of recurring droughts have destroyed maize and bean harvests, leaving poor subsistence farmers struggling to feed their families
Uganda says malaria prevalence surges, cites climate change and refugees
The ministry of health said in a statement its data showed malaria cases recorded in June this year jumped 40% to 1.4 million from the same month last year
Teenage activist Greta takes climate campaign to the high seas
The 16-year-old is bound for New York on a zero-carbon voyage, where she will take part in a U.N. climate summit
Japan urges more than 300,000 to evacuate as storm Krosa nears
Tropical storm Krosa, packing maximum winds of 108 kph (68 mph), is expected to make landfall on Thursday morning
India floods kill more than 270, displace one million
The southern states of Kerala and Karnataka, and Maharashtra and Gujarat in the west, are among the hardest hit
New Zealand PM calls on Australia to answer Pacific island climate change demands
Australia - heavily reliant on coal power - is resisting calls from Pacific island nations for it to take tougher action on climate change
Australia pushes Pacific islands to drop calls for stronger climate action
Australia says it won't sign up to a communique from the Pacific Islands Forum that includes phasing out coal power
China govt think tank presses for 2025 CO2 cap
Report warns China's goal to peak emissions by 2030 might be missed unless absolute limits on carbon emissions are included in its 2021-2025 plan
Twenty-two states sue Trump administration over carbon rule replacement
The lawsuit charges that the Affordable Clean Energy rule will not curb rising carbon emissions from power plants and will prolong the operation of dirtier coal plants