The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges

A groundbreaking, global survey of more than 700 reporters and editors from 102 countries shows that nearly 40 per cent have faced threats for their work, while more than one in ten have been confronted with physical violence.

Scientists say global heating is driving ice loss and warmer water, as ice cover falls short of the 50-year average of 18 per cent.

Floods and storms accounted for 95 per cent of recorded child displacement between 2016 and 2021, according to the first-of-its-kind analysis by UNICEF and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre. The rest — more than two million children — were displaced by wildfires and drought.

The Colorado River is on the brink of collapse and the Grand Canyon is in the crosshairs, according to American Rivers, the conservation group that compiles the annual endangered list.

Doctors warn exposure to omnipresent, yet poorly understood, chemicals such as microplastics could play a role in dementia.

The new UNICEF goodwill ambassador would like to see reparations from nations most responsible for the climate crisis.

Electricity demand expected to surpass supply as temperatures hit triple digits and shatter records.

Indigenous leaders, environmental groups and stars including Cher and Robert Downey Jr. urge White House in letter.

Research shows lead exposure worse for poor and black children and highlights risk from contaminants in unregulated private wells