Walmart will eliminate single-use paper and plastic carryout bags at the register from stores in New York, Connecticut and Colorado this month.
The Biden administration on Tuesday finalized tougher pollution standards for heavy-duty vehicles like large trucks, delivery vans and buses s…
Sen. Joe Manchin's stunning reversal on a clean energy package has suddenly put Democrats in a position to pass the largest climate investment…
The Biden administration is rolling out more stringent emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles like large trucks and buses and announcing …
The White House will unveil new efforts to reduce emissions in the manufacturing sector Tuesday, including nearly $10 billion in Department of…
The Biden administration is taking steps to cut emissions of methane, a potent, planet-warming gas.
The supply chain is facing major blockages, and container ships are heaping pollution into communities near the congested ports.
BRUSSELS (AP) � A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their exhaust pipes in hot or cold weather and at high altitude contravenes EU laws unless it prevents potentially dangerous sudden engine damage. Austrian courts asked the European Court of Justice
WASHINGTON (AP) � The Environmental Protection Agency is sharply limiting domestic production and use of highly potent greenhouse gases commonly used in refrigerators and air conditioners. The new rule on hydrofluorocarbons is intended to decrease U.S. production and use of those gases by 85% over the next 15 years as part of a global phaseout
GENEVA (AP) � The head of the United Nations is calling for “immediate, rapid and large-scale� cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb global warming. Antonio Guterres warned governments ahead of next week’s annual U.N. General Assembly that climate change is proceeding faster than predicted and fossil fuel emissions have already bounced back from a