QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador’s Constitutional Court late on Friday denied for a second time a request by activists to hold a public vote on whether to ban mining in the Andean country’s mineral-rich Azuay province, where several mining projects are…

A woman covers her mouth during a sandstorm blown over from North Africa known as "calima" at Las Palmas Airport, Canary Islands, Gran Canaria, Spain February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Borja SuarezGRAN CANARIA, Spain (Reuters) - Spain’s airport operator AENA suspended all…

Journalists sit in the media center during the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, February 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ahmed YosriRIYADH (Reuters) - The United States is against mentioning climate change in the communique of…

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s financial accounting watchdog plans to review how companies and auditors assess and report the impact of climate change on their businesses, as investors push for better disclosure of the risks. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk over the…

From NPR Efforts to save the few surviving vaquita porpoises in the Gulf of California are being hampered by illegal fishing nets, poaching and drug cartels. Read the full article from NPR

This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On Monday, Amazon CEO and world’s richest human Jeff Bezos announced he was pledging nearly 8 percent of his net worth to…