LONDON (Reuters) - An EU-funded index measuring biodiversity in food production is expected to be launched next year, giving investors a benchmark for assessing how companies and governments are making food systems more resilient to climate change. Investing in food…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry asked an oil industry advisory council on Monday to help find ways for oil drillers to exploit technology that captures carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, by injecting the carbon dioxide into…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will reinstate a mining ban in a vast area of the Amazon rainforest, the government announced on Monday, in an about-face that is a victory for environmentalists who feared deforestation. The Mines and Energy Ministry said…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Monday asked an oil industry advisory council to help find ways for oil drillers to exploit technology that captures carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants, by injecting the carbon dioxide into…

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil will reinstate a mining ban in a vast area of the Amazon rainforest, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday, in a victory for environmentalists who feared deforestation. President Michel Temer’s administration…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City’s infamous traffic jams were back on Monday as offices re-opened after last week’s deadly earthquake, but closed schools and clusters of homeless people served as reminders that life in the megalopolis has not yet…

Millions of American citizens are without power, shelter, or clean water after Hurricane Maria devastated the U.S. territory last week. Yet, if you watched the news on Sunday, you would have heard hardly anything about it. Five major political talk shows…

LONDON (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck 230 km (143 miles) off New Britain, Papua New Guinea, early on Tuesday local time, at a depth of 5.7 km, the United States Geological Survey said. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center…

(Reuters) - Hurricane Lee, a Category 1 storm, has weakened slightly but little change in strength is expected over the next couple of days, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory on Monday. Lee, which is no…