Environment News

NEW YORK (AP) — Gen Z is disillusioned with major institutions and the philanthropic sector knows it. The generation tends to lack faith in the political, economic and social structures expected by their predecessors to safeguard their futures.

GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — Just steps from the porticos, patios, clay-tiled roofs and manicured lawns of suburbia, Kelly Saxer has gotten used to questions.

HAMM, Germany (AP) — A German court ruled against a Peruvian farmer on Wednesday in a landmark climate lawsuit which activists say opens the door for major greenhouse gas emitters to be held financially liable in Germany.

A German court ruled against a Peruvian farmer Wednesday in a landmark case that claimed global warming fueled by energy company RWE 's historical greenhouse gas emissions put his home at risk.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s biggest water company was fined almost 123 million pounds ($166 million) on Wednesday for releasing sewage into rivers and streams while paying dividends to its shareholders.

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's government said on Tuesday it has a “duty to protect” the Himalayas from the risks presented by climate change and the growing numbers of climbers attempting to scale the region's summits, especially Everest.

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong's first locally born giant pandas have finally been named and introduced as Jia Jia and De De.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate change .

The British Columbia government has ordered the restoration of free natural hot spring pools that were mysteriously filled with dirt and boulders last fall.

HALIFAX — The Nova Scotia Assembly of Mi’kmaw Chiefs says the provincial government needs to do a better job of consultation as it pushes to develop the province’s natural resources.