Environment
Coca leaves remain a source of work, faith and identity in Bolivia
Tomas Zavala performs a ritual ahead of each workday in his coca field.
Africa’s solar energy potential makes for a bright future for renewable power
Deep in South Africa's Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a beaming light towers above dozens of solar mirror panels.
Hurricane Kiko heads toward Hawaii as Lorena remnants linger near western Mexico
Hurricane Kiko was on a path toward Hawaii over the next several days as post-tropical cyclone Lorena soaked Mexico's Baja California peninsula with heavy rain, forecasters said Friday.
Asia will get a prime view of this weekend’s total lunar eclipse
The year's second total lunar eclipse is coming up fast, and this time Asia will have the best seats in the cosmos.
Pakistan’s southern Sindh province evacuates 100,000 people over flooding threat
Authorities in Pakistan's southern Sindh province have evacuated more than 100,000 people from low-lying areas along the Indus river, a government spokesman said on Friday, after neighboring India warned of cross-border flooding from dam release.
Energy company Orsted sues Trump administration for stopping work on major offshore wind farm
The developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in Rhode Island and Connecticut sued the Trump administration on Thursday for halting its construction.
Republicans move to lift drilling and mining restrictions in Western states
Republican lawmakers in Congress are clearing the way for President Donald Trump's plans to expand mining and drilling on public lands by moving to eliminate energy development limits in several Western states.
Death toll from Afghan earthquake jumps to 2,205 as aid agencies plead for funds
Hundreds of bodies have been recovered from houses destroyed by a major earthquake in Afghanistan last week, pushing the death toll to more than 2,200, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday.
ConocoPhillips says it will lay off up to 25% of its workforce, impacting thousands of jobs
Oil giant ConocoPhillips is planning to lay off up to a quarter of its workforce, amounting to thousands of jobs, as part of broader efforts from the company to cut costs.
Wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes
One of nearly two dozen fires burning across Northern California on Wednesday scorched homes in a Gold Rush town settled in the 1850s by thousands of Chinese miners driven out of a nearby camp.
Vatican puts Pope Francis’ ecological preaching into practice with vocational farm center
The Vatican is inaugurating an ambitious educational center inspired by Pope Francis' ecological legacy, a 55-acre utopian experiment in sustainable farming, vocational training and environmental schooling for kids and CEOs alike on the grounds of the papal estate on Lake Albano.
Quick-moving wildfire scorches historic California gold mining town, burning multiple homes
A quick-moving wildfire burned homes in a California Gold Rush town settled around 1850 by Chinese miners who were driven out of a nearby camp and the blaze grew without containment on Wednesday.
Sudan’s latest tragedy counts a village wiped out by a landslide
A devastating landslide that killed an estimated 1,000 people in Sudan's Darfur region struck as the northeastern African nation reels from a civil war that pushed some of its parts into famine.
Lorena becomes a hurricane off the western coast of Mexico as Kiko travels over open waters
Hurricane Lorena formed off the coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and a tropical storm warning has been issued for parts for of the area, forecasters said Wednesday.
Mass evacuations in flood-hit Punjab hit 300,000 following alerts by India
Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's Punjab province following the latest flood alerts by India, officials said Wednesday.
Hurricane Kiko and Tropical Storm Lorena gain strength over the eastern Pacific Ocean
Two tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific Ocean gained strength Tuesday as they churned at sea, with one expected to bring heavy rain to Baja California, forecasters said.
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts with lava pouring out from multiple vents
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting on Tuesday, firing lava 330 feet (100 meters) into the sky from its summit crater.
Appeals court sides with Trump’s EPA in fight over Biden’s last-minute climate grants
A federal appeals court backed the Trump administration in its effort to have the Environmental Protection Agency cancel billions of dollars in climate change grants that President Biden tried to rush out the door just before his term ended.
India warns Pakistan of more cross-border flooding due to heavy monsoon rains
India warned Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding for the second time in as many weeks as monsoon deluges cause death and widespread destruction in both countries.
