Environment

Government approves three infrastructure projects cutting through Western Ghats as residents fear loss of biodiversity.

New joint venture aims to raise billions of dollars for firms that help reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Japan will release water from Fukushima into the sea, part of its plan to decommission the ruined power station.

Government pledges to make water safe before release, but plan draws swift condemnation from China, South Korea.

Experts raise concerns about residents who refuse to evacuate as ‘huge explosion’ reported at La Soufriere volcano.

Authorities say invasive species can pose risk to animals and insects, including honeybees, and must be eradicated.

The new initiative would focus on ‘systematically changing whole economies,’ a source tells Reuters.

While many environmentalists see big steps in the right direction, some say Biden’s proposal isn’t ambitious enough.

Wastewater reservoir’s containment wall risks break, but crews are making steady progress to stop threat of flooding.

Indigenous communities are leading worldwide push to recognise legal ‘personhood’ rights of rivers, lakes and mountains.

About a dozen cities, counties and states across the US have sued Exxon, Chevron, BP, Royal Dutch Shell and their peers.

Funds will go to installing charging stations as well as tax credits for consumers to buy American-made electric cars.

Cherry-blossom season, or Sakura, arrives earlier than expected as experts link the phenomenon to climate change.

Start of the apple season hampered by unabated mining of rivers, hitting thousands of farmers as officials admit lapses.