US limits on coal plant mercury emissions too costly: Trump's EPA
Environmentalists fear the next step will be looser rules favoring the coal industry at the expense of public health
Australia swelters through heatwave as records tumble
The unusually high temperatures add to a sense of exhaustion for a farm economy already reeling from a year of drought
EXPERT VIEWS - As crises multiply, what are aid groups' priorities for 2019?
We asked aid agencies to name their 3 priorities for 2019
Ten worst climate-linked disasters of 2018 caused $85 bln in damage
Experts say a warming world will lead to sweltering heatwaves, more extreme rainfall, shrinking harvests and worsening water shortages
From wacky to well meaning, 7 upbeat stories of improving lives in 2018
Far from doom and gloom, here are seven stories that provided positive and brighter headlines this year
China plans more nuanced anti-pollution measures in 2019 - ministry
The push for new measures follows an annual meeting of top leaders last week
Delhi residents spend Christmas indoors as smog emergency reaches fourth day
Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors, in the Indian capital's worst smog crisis this year
'Silent emergency' as heat risks rise in Hong Kong - and globally
While typhoons and fires grab headlines, heatwaves kill more people than any other weather-related disaster, experts say
Political stumbles, savvy activists knock Canada's oil sector to its knees
World's fourth largest producer has had to nationalize a pipeline and Alberta is exploring buying trains to handle a glut of oil in storage
Italy rejigs measures to spur sale of green cars
The new measures, which still need to be approved in the lower house, will come into effect on March 1 and last to the end of 2021