JAKARTA (Reuters) - Copper miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc must pay Indonesia 460 billion rupiah ($32 million) in royalties for thousands of hectares of protected forest it used without a permit, Indonesia’s Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) said on Wednesday. A 2017 state…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Throw-away plastic items such as straws and polystyrene cups will be banned in the European Union by 2021, EU officials agreed on Wednesday, as they passed measures to cut plastic use in a bid to reduce marine…

As the world heats up, it’s also becoming more violent. There’s been a lot of research linking climate change to war, violent crime, and even road rage. But you may not have heard that climate disasters like hurricanes Harvey and…

From NPR A seemingly harmless insect has invaded an island in the Antarctic and, being non-native, is eating up the peat moss and changing the environment. The midges could also infest the Antarctic mainland. Read the full article from NPR

FILE PHOTO: Cars pass a traffic sign banning diesel cars ont the Stresemannstrasse in downtown Hamburg, Germany, November 20, 2018. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerBERLIN (Reuters) - A German court ruled on Wednesday that a driving ban for older diesel cars on two…

KATOWICE, POLAND — Hans Herren began his farm as a hobby almost 20 years ago. He’s been planting grapes and growing apple orchards on an 11-acre plot of land near Napa Valley in California. Thus far, the venture has been…