Dutch need drastic measures to reach 2020 climate goals
A court order to cut emissions by 25 percent has increased pressure to immediately shut at least two of five coal-fired power plants
Seeking thrifty ways to cut pollution, Rotterdam links up with hybrid BMW owners
Participants have a smartphone app that monitors their engine usage and reminds them to switch to electric driving in the city centre
Drought cost South Africa's farms $510 mln in past year -survey
SAFRICA-DROUGHT/ (URGENT):Drought cost South Africa's farms $510 mln in past year -survey
Heat wave brings blackouts to Melbourne, halts play at Australian Open
Hottest day in a decade clears downtown streets, while fire danger is put at "extreme"
Nuclear, climate threats keep Doomsday Clock close to apocalypse
"Though unchanged from 2018, this setting should be taken not as a sign of stability but as a stark warning to leaders and citizens around the world"
Belgian students skip school for mass anti-pollution protest
"Dinosaurs thought they had time too," read one banner
With fees and laws, India rushes to save vanishing groundwater
About 600 million people - nearly half India's population - face acute water shortage, with close to 200,000 dying each year from polluted water
Big brands revisit the milkman model to cut plastic pollution
The service, called Loop, will deliver products such as juice and shampoo in reusable glass and metal bottles to shoppers' doorsteps and retrieve empties for cleaning and reuse
Overflowing dam kills at least 30 in Indonesia
Thousands of people have been forced to flee their villages
Malaysia could curb French purchases if palm oil use restricted
French lawmakers last month voted to remove palm oil from the country's biofuel scheme as of 2020, following longstanding concerns about the environmental impact of the crop