Environment

Coalition of Japanese and U.S. Groups Argue Case To Save Cultural Icon and Species from U.S. Military Base Expansion in Japan

American and Japanese conservation groups argue their case to halt construction of a U.S.

La Habra Heights Residents Sue to Ensure Fairness in Fracking Ballot Initiative

Local residents and environmental groups filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Decembe

Indonesia rescuers use earth-movers in landslide rescue as toll rises to 32

Indonesian rescuers on Sunday used heavy-lifting equipment for the first time to clear roads lead

U.N., aid groups overstretched by crisis in Congo’s mining heartland

Faced with a dearth of United Nations peacekeepers, lack of funding and competition from other gl

Indonesia rescuers use hands in search for scores missing in mudslide

A landslide destroyed a remote village in Indonesia, killing at least 17 people, an official said

Lima climate talks at crossroads on ways to slow warming

About 190 nations faced a crossroads Friday on how boldly to fight global warming as United Natio

Pacific storm triggers tornado, mudslides, floods in Southern California

A Pacific storm pounded Southern California with heavy rain and high winds on Friday, triggering

Kerry feels heat on Keystone oil pipeline at U.N. climate talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday urged countries at U.N.

Protecting mangroves can lower disaster risks, offer cash: experts

Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and env

Peru's melting glaciers a deadly threat as temperatures rise

High in the Peruvian Andes, the glacier-fed lake Laguna 513 brims with meltwater atop a populated