KATOWICE, Poland,(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is “out on a limb” in his attitude to climate change as nearly every other government, as well as an angry younger generation, are demanding action, British naturalist David Attenborough said on Monday at U.N. climate talks in Poland. World renowned naturalist Sir David Attenborough delivers the “People’s

KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Political leaders on Monday began arriving in the Polish coal city of Katowice where two weeks of talks have begun to revive the landmark Paris 2015 deal on climate change as dire warnings mount about a lack of action. A participant’s shilouette is seen during the COP24 UN Climate Change Conference

FILE PHOTO: Coroners and forensic anthropologists recover human remains from a trailer home destroyed by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S., November 17, 2018. REUTERS/Terray Sylvester (Reuters) – The number of people listed as missing after California’s deadliest wildfire has dropped again to 25, down from a high of more than 1,200 about two

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Firefighters in the northern Australian state of Queensland battled more than 100 bushfires on Sunday, as temperatures soared above 40 degrees Celsius (104°F) in parts of the drought-hit state. Local resident Jeanette Schwindt inspects her destroyed shed and water tanks after a bushfire swept through the area at Mount Larcom, located west

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake jolted southern Alaska on Friday morning, buckling roads, disrupting rush-hour traffic and jamming telephone service in and around Anchorage, the state’s largest city, but there were no reports of serious injuries. The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 8 miles (13 km) north of Anchorage, a city of 300,000

BEIJING (Reuters) – Attempts by Chinese companies and local governments to conceal pollution violations are “extremely stupid” and will not succeed, China’s environment ministry said on Friday after a spate of cover-ups in the country. People walk on a bridge in front of the financial district of Pudong, which is covered in smog, during a

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lifted its annual blending mandate for advanced biofuels by 15 percent for 2019, while keeping the requirement for conventional biofuels like corn-based ethanol steady, according to an agency document seen by Reuters on Thursday. FILE PHOTO – An empty podium awaits the arrival of U.S. Environmental Protection

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The threat from more than 100 fires burning across Australia’s northeast eased over the past 24 hours, lawmakers and emergency workers said on Thursday, although unfavorable weather conditions are set to continue. A boat passes under the Sydney Harbour Bridge and in front of the Sydney Opera House as strong winds and

FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Petroleos del Peru (Petroperu), a state company dedicated to the refining, distribution and marketing of fuels, is seen at the district of San Isidro in Lima, Peru, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo/File Photo LIMA (Reuters) – Peru state oil company Petroperu said approximately 8,000 barrels of crude oil had spilled

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Torrential rain and gale force winds lashed Australia’s biggest city of Sydney on Wednesday causing commuter chaos, flooding streets, railway stations and homes, grounding flights and leaving hundreds of people without electricity. Cars and buses sit on a road that leads onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as strong winds and floods cause

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s climate chief on Tuesday called on the bloc to aim for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the most ambitious path in a long-term strategy due to be announced on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete attends a joint news conference with Iran’s nuclear chief Ali

FILE PHOTO: A worker is seen at the workshop of a steel mill in Huaian, Jiangsu province, China August 4, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer BEIJING (Reuters) – Steel mills, coke plants and coal-fired utilities in China’s second-biggest steelmaking hub Jiangsu will have to slash their production capacity as the provincial authorities have escalated smog alerts for the

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany is pushing back against European Union countries that want more ambitious emission limits for trucks, saying carbon dioxide cuts should not go beyond 15 percent by 2025 and 30 percent by 2030, according to EU documents. EU member states have begun talks to reach a compromise on the first ever emissions

(Reuters) – Commuters in Chicago and across the Midwest faced inches of heavy, wet snow as they returned to work on Monday after the long U.S. Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with the storm knocking out power, icing roads and canceling hundreds of flights. Women make their way to the CTA station in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. November

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is likely to experience hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters by the 2070s, as well as rising sea levels which can lead to floods, due to the effects of climate change, long-term projections by the Met Office show. FILE PHOTO: Beachgoers cool down in the sea during hot weather at

A driver clears the snow off his car during an early season snowfall in the Boston suburb of Medford, Massachusetts, U.S., November 15, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (Reuters) – Commuters in Chicago and across the Midwest faced inches of heavy, wet snow as they headed back to work on Monday after the long Thanksgiving holiday weekend,