The court said the nearly two dozen young people who were trying to force action by the government on climate change did not have standing to sue. The judges said climate change is a political issue.

Last year's data collected by NOAA and NASA is the latest confirmation that the Earth is steadily getting hotter. The planet is now about 1 degree Celsius warmer than it was in the mid-20th century.

Slovenia's Dalila Jakupovic was trying to make the first round of the tournament set to open next week. She had trouble breathing and later told reporters, "I was really scared that I would collapse."

Construction of the Trump administration's border wall has been slowed by difficulties acquiring private land, so the government is prioritizing construction inside federal nature sanctuaries.

The coal power plant that provided about 80% of the Hopi Nation's budget closed last month. Tribal leaders are now trying to figure out how to replace the revenue, which was their economic lifeline.

"There are things that I could have handled on the ground much better," the PM said. Many have linked the deadly fires to climate change and blamed conservative Australian governments for inaction.

Australia hasn't had a recession in nearly 30 years, an impressive track record for an industrialized county. But the fires threaten two pillars of the country's economy.

Smoke from the ongoing firestorm in Australia is obscuring skies halfway around the world. Satellite images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

Under the Radar introduces its latest ongoing segment on the environment, featuring local professionals whose work involves researching and articulating a range of environmental issues.

The project would site a natural gas compressor in a densely populated area. Opponents say the risk of explosion, and the routine release of harmful chemicals makes the project too dangerous.