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Wildfires forced thousands to flee their homes across the U.S. West during a sweltering, smoke-shrouded holiday weekend of record heat.The fires Sunday caused evacuations...

Insurance industry Because US infrastructure is not built to withstand climate change the cost of the disaster will be relatively high <!--><!--><!--><!--> Motorists watch as flood waters...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Environmental activists on Friday said the state of Illinois’ approval of its first permit to allow a specific kind of oil...

Cities Country wants to reclaim physical activity in age when young people are focused on computers, says government spokeswoman <!--><!--><!--><!--> A deserted street in Bolivia. Photograph: Linda Farthing Cities Pollution...

HOUSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday challenged Congress to raise the government’s debt limit in order to free up relief...

Carbon tax To achieve Paris climate agreement’s limit of 2C rise, pricing will have to increase to more than $100 a tonne, claims Schroders <!--><!--><!--><!--> Concrete mixers...

Air pollution is diminishing India's capacity to harness power from the sun, experts say, undermining billions being invested in renewables as the energy-hungry giant...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Each person on the planet produces more than 1 kg (2.2 lb) of waste every day, and that number...

Britain's largest private landowner risks flooding waterways with poisonous lead if plans to build a huge wind farm go ahead, residents have warned. The Duke of...