Campaigners hail move against environmentally damaging bags though small-business concerns mean many will remain

Pollination has become big business, and thieves are now targeting hives with growing sophistication in the US

Inundation and flooding are steadily becoming more likely. Worldwide rise being driven by melting of large glaciers.

Shift to gas saved more than 300m tons of planet-heating carbon dioxide as nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide levels dropped

Revealed: emails show group of employees who called for stronger climate action by the company were told they risked dismissal

America Recycles Day promoted by EPA is brainchild of not-for-profit backed by companies that produce plastic products.

The U.S. is a hotbed of climate science denial when compared with other countries, with international polling finding a significant number of Americans do not believe human-driven climate change is occurring. Out of 23 countries, only Saudi Arabia and Indonesia had higher proportion of doubters

“We have one reef, and we have to do one small thing to protect that,” said Teri Johnston, mayor of Key West. “It’s our obligation.”

“The 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years. The degree of warming during the past four years has been exceptional, both on land and in the ocean.”

European colonization of the Americas resulted in the killing of so many native people that it transformed the environment and caused the Earth’s climate to cool down, new research has found.