FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Brucutu mine owned by Brazilian mining company Vale SA is seen in Sao Goncalo do Rio Abaixo, Brazil February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Washington AlvesBRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian iron ore miner Vale will spend 1.8…

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Abe's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, June 26, 2019. Koji Sasahara/Pool via REUTERS(Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday said the United…

Police officers stand guard near the venue of G20 leaders summit in Osaka, western Japan June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Issei KatoBERLIN (Reuters) - Discussions on climate change will be particularly tough at the G20 summit of leading economies in Osaka, Japan,…

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s agriculture ministry said on Wednesday it had now found fall armyworm in 19 provinces, across 5 million mu or about 333,000 hectares of crops. The situation around the prevention and control of the pest remained severe,…

From BBC Scientists have identified more than 50 new lakes of liquid water lying under the Greenland Ice Sheet. Only four had previously been detected. Antarctica hides some 470 lakes beneath its ice but this latest UK/US study proves the…

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union’s top court ruled on Wednesday that cities needed to act if pollution levels were exceeded in a single black spot rather than based on an average across a region, taking a hard line in…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, want the United States to take “aggressive” action to combat climate change - but only a third would support an extra tax of $100 a year to…

Solar panels are seen in front of a natural gas power plant at the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center in McCarran, Nevada, September 16, 2014. REUTERS/Max Whittaker(Reuters) - Nevada’s largest utility NV Energy will procure 1,200 megawatts (MW) of solar electricity paired…