A battle over land use is unfolding between northern Tanzania's breathtaking Lake Natron and national parks. Mass evictions from ancestral land to accommodate wealthy tourists is driving some Maasai t...
Across the country, new laws dealing with artificial intelligence, healthcare, the climate, and a variety of other areas are set to take effect as 2026 begins....
Dominion Energy, an offshore wind developer and utility serving Virginia's "data center alley," filed suit against the Trump administration this week over its decision to pause federal leases for larg...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The Bad River Band sued USACE to stop Enbridge's 41-mile Line 5 extension threatening wild rice areas. ✓ Line 5 pipel...
ABC News' Danny New reports on Maple, a dog who's into her third career using her nose....
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The second-hand smartphone market has grown significantly in recent years, but other, bulkier items like washing machines are less frequently refurbished and resold. That could soon be changing....
Since the mercury dropped on Monday, five people have died in France and one woman in Bosnia as heavy snow and rain sparked floods and power outages across the Balkans....
Flash flood warnings were in effect in Los Angeles and most of southern California on Wednesday as one of the worst Christmas storms in recent memory brought heavy rain and fears of deadly mudslides. ...
New footage from Syracuse shows the town's snowfall as a major winter storm hit parts of the Northeast just after Christmas....
Scientists warn that human activities are “eroding nature to the point of extinction” after releasing a list of new species named in 2025....
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Climate change shifted the oil production debate from scarcity to demand. But without delivering on ambitious green pledges, one expert predicts production may peak within two years, forcing a chaotic...
The storm will bring intense winds and heavy snowfall to the UK, with weather warnings in place nationwide. It comes after the same system canceled flights and suspended bus services in France and the...
The storm will bring intense winds and heavy snowfall to the UK, with weather warnings in place nationwide. It comes after the same system canceled flights and suspended bus services in France and the...
A fast-moving winter storm is bringing snow and ice to the Upper Midwest and will head into the Northeast on Monday, while more flooding and feet of snow are in store for California....
After a New Year's Day filled with heavy rain and flash flooding, more rain is heading to drenched California....
According to the Nature Conservancy, some 10 million live Christmas trees end up in landfills every year...
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Steel and aluminium exporters to the EU will start paying for the CO2 emissions linked to their production as of 1 January 2026. Critics have accused the EU's law of 'protectionism' and say it will hu...