Australia announced a crackdown on pollution of the Great Barrier Reef Thursday as the World Heritage-listed site comes under
The European Union said Thursday that 23 of its 27 member nations have failed to meet clean air standards

Emergency services have gone to high alert in southeast Australia as the region's worst heatwave in a century sent
China is aiming to increase its coal production by about 30 percent by 2015 to meet its energy needs,
A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia';s Sumatra island early this morning , the US Geological Survey said. The

A red tide ban remains hoisted over four coastal areas in the country, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic
Australia's military has warned that global warming could create failed states across the Pacific as sea levels rise and
One in five Hong Kong residents is considering leaving the city because of its dire air quality, a survey
A new US report concludes that Florida and Louisiana are the states most vulnerable to sea-level rise, followed by
Humans adjusting to water shortages caused by global warming could help a dengue fever-carrying mosquito expand into new parts