Environment

EU ministers set 2015 fishing quotas; campaigners say still too high

European Union fisheries ministers agreed on Tuesday night to new catch quotas for next year, but

Early winter storms put dent in California drought

A trifecta of early winter storms that swept California with heavy rain and snow in the past two

U.N. talks agree building blocks for new-style climate deal in 2015

About 190 nations agreed on Sunday the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to

After 'Hoovergate', EU torn over power-saving rules

When word of an EU ban on high-power vacuum cleaners hit Eurosceptic British tabloids in August,

Let nature play a role in climate adaptation, experts urge: TRFN

When the rainy season comes and floods the fields, poor families in northwest Bangladesh once cut

Paris climate summit faces tougher job after modest Lima deal

A Paris summit in 2015 will face a tougher task to agree a U.N.

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