Liberian President George Weah on Wednesday called for tougher laws to combat what he said was an "epidemic" of rape of mostly children and young girls.
Addressing a conference on the subject, Weah…
Saint Louis is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Entire rooms in people’s homes are underwater. In a few years, the sea defence this boy is striding along will be engulfed’.
Exemption for smaller shops to end, and campaigners say ‘bags for life’ are next target.
The government is to double the charge for single-use plastic carrier bags in England from 5p to 10p and end…
When I call Chef Q. Ibraheem to discuss urban farming in her own cooking career, she's in the middle of placing an order for microgreens from a small farm in Lake Forest, a ritzy suburb just north of…
What is the environmental footprint of your favorite pair of blue jeans?
A new study indicates it might be quite large. The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology Letters Wednesday…
Shift led to local extinctions and could have important implications for species today.
Genetic diversity could shrink as animals venture into new territories because of global heating leaving them…
President Trump told a crowd in Jupiter, Florida Tuesday that he is an environmental president, claiming that "it's true: number one since Teddy Roosevelt. Who would have thought Trump is the great…
The Michael Moore-produced ‘Planet of the Humans’ faced a coordinated suppression campaign led by professional climate activists backed by the same ‘green’ billionaires, Wall Street investors,…
Eight years ago, rising water levels in Kenya’s Lake Nakuru drove away the clouds of pink-coloured flamingos that were the park’s biggest draw.
Rangers say their disappearance triggered a drop in…
"We have not reached the peak. In fact, no one knows where the peak is,” one expert said.
Across large parts of California, daylight never arrived on Sept. 9. Caught under a vast sheet of smoke…
'We believe in including women in the creation of policies and strategies around environmental protection including disaster response.'
Global warming isn’t simply going to destroy our communities…
Report calls for more support if plan to plant 100m hectares of vegetation is to be realised.
The world’s most ambitious reforestation project, the Great Green Wall of Africa, has covered only 4% of…
We’re often told that some global challenges are simply too complex for the human mind to understand. This is supposed to explain not only inaction when it comes to the climate crisis, but – as with…
Protestors filled the streets of Mauritius's capital city, Port Louis, over the weekend to demand resignations of officials and an investigation into the oil spill that has jeopardized the future…
In the lawsuit, 73 plaintiffs living around the mine say they have suffered respiratory infections and headaches.
Freetown — The high court of Sierra Leone, on Wednesday, granted an interim freezing…
Three-quarters of new and emerging infectious diseases in humans originate in wildlife. COVID-19, SARS and Ebola all started this way. The COVID-19 global pandemic has drawn new attention to how…
Illegal gold diggers have destroyed a 2,000-year-old archaeological site in Sudan in the eastern region of the Sahara desert, official say.
The Jabal Maragha site, which dates from the Meroitic…
West Mathewson was attacked without warning by lions during one of their regular walks.
A South African conservationist has been killed by lions he hand-reared. West Mathewson, 69, was walking two…
On an early December morning last year in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, half a dozen members of the Indigenous Guajajara people packed their bags with food, maps and drone equipment to get ready for…