Tag: pollution
Belem, host of next year's climate talks, is Amazonian city plagued with pollution and violence
BELEM, Brazil -- For the last few years, climate scientists, environmentalists and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been talking up...
An environmental group files intent to sue a salmon farmer for pollution off Maine's coast
PORTLAND, Maine -- An environmental organization has served a notice of intent to sue one of the world's largest aquaculture companies for violations...
New York judge rejects state efforts to shutter bitcoin mine over climate concerns
NEW YORK -- A cryptocurrency plant in central New York can continue operating after a court rejected the state’s effort to shutter the...
Dutch appeals court overturns landmark climate ruling against Shell
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday overturned a landmark ruling that ordered energy company Shell to cut its carbon...
UN climate talks to focus on money to help poor nations cut carbon pollution
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- A complex international two-week-long game of climate change poker is convening. The stakes? Just the fate of an ever-warming world.Curbing...
Carbon pollution from high flying rich in private jets soars
Carbon pollution from private jets has soared in the past five years, with most of those small planes spewing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide...