Sally brings 100-mph winds as it rumbles into U.S. Gulf Coast
Mississippi and Louisiana have called for evacuations of low-lying areas, with an emergency disaster declaration issued for both states
Facebook launches climate science info center amid fake news criticism
A dedicated space will offer factual resources from leading climate organisations and actions people can take in their daily lives, Facebook says
Starved of wifi, Indonesians trade plastic trash to study online
Students in a Jakarta neighbourhood are trading plastic waste for wifi access so they can continue learning during the COVID-19 pandemic
Funds and firms call for tougher 2030 EU climate target
Investors say a weaker emissions reduction target would fail to unlock the private financing needed to tackle climate change
U.S. pulls back from broad import bans for cotton, tomatoes from China's Xinjiang
Trump administration says narrower bans on products including cotton and computer parts are aimed at tackling China's use of forced labor by Uighur Muslims
Trump and Biden clash over U.S. wildfires as campaign turns to climate change
The president and his administration have long sought to pin the blame for large wildfires on how state officials manage forests, with Joe Biden branding Trump a "climate arsonist"
Pandemic makes tackling global woes more critical than ever - Bill Gates
The pandemic has highlighted the need to address global inequality in education, pay and health care access, philanthropist Bill Gates said
New homes, highways boost flood risk on Turkey's northern coast
Two recent deadly floods have sparked fresh warnings about unchecked development in the country's Black Sea region
Google aims to run on carbon-free energy by 2030
The new goal will force Google to move beyond the tech industry norm of offsetting carbon emissions from electricity use and require technological and political breakthroughs, says CEO
Brazil court rules in favor of anti-slavery 'dirty list'
Brazil’s list of companies and individuals found by labor inspectors to have engaged in slave labor overcame a legal challenge by a Brazilian association of real estate developers