environment

Rajasthan, India – Jeetu Singh’s camel stands calm, munching the leaves of a Khejri tree in the Jaisalmer district of India’s desert state of Rajasthan. Her calf occasionally suckles on …

A clash between competing visions The German Tesla factory has faced controversy since its opening in March 2022. Among the issues reported by IG Metall, the workers’ union, are safety …

Copenhagen rejects Japan’s extradition request over a 2010 incident involving a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic. Antiwhaling activist Paul Watson has been freed from a prison in Greenland and …

It’s 8am on a Tuesday and Rudi Swart, 33, is getting ready for yet another day in the office. After tossing his work bag in his car, he picks up …

Two years ago, global leaders promised to establish a treaty by the end of 2024 that would lay the groundwork to end plastic pollution. The words used then to describe the treaty, …

On the streets of Pakistan’s second biggest city, smog stings eyes and burns throats. Inside homes, few people can afford air purifiers to limit the damage of toxic particles that …

After a somewhat unconvincing showing in the teeth of a grilling by several European Parliament committees, Swedish former EU affairs minister Jessika Roswall has been waved through as the next …

On a cloudless September morning in Buffelsrivier, a desolate corner of Namaqualand some 530km (329 miles) north of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University soil scientists Cathy Clarke and Michele Francis watch …

Global mining giant BHP faces billions of dollars in potential damages payouts over Brazil’s worst environmental disaster nine years ago, as the first hearing in the much-delayed lawsuit opened in …

Bonds play a critical role in investment portfolios because they provide stability, income and potential capital appreciation. In light of recent interest rate cuts, many investors have ramped up their …