GOP ire imperils bipartisan plan to confront China

Last-minute Senate drama is threatening to upend what many in Washington see as the last major…

Tax soaring private jet use to fund green flying, says report

Climate-heating emissions from private jet flights have soared in Europe since 2005, according to a report.…

Collins races to save Jan. 6 commission from filibuster

Susan Collins is making a last-ditch attempt to broker a bipartisan compromise on the independent Jan.…

Bipartisan highway bill advances in Senate, offering a path through infrastructure morass

In this July 25, 2019, photo, U.S. Highway 101 passes between two separate open space preserves…

Ministers accused of hypocrisy over ‘toothless’ environment bill

Ministers have been accused of hypocrisy in bringing forward a “toothless” environment bill that will fail…

Climate crisis could trigger sewage surge in English rivers, MPs told

There will be a rise in the scale of sewage discharge into rivers and waterways due…

Court orders Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emissions by 45% by 2030

A court in the Hague has ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions…

Springwatch gives succour to our souls, but should it do more? | Ros Coward

Springwatch is back, the BBC’s largest outside broadcasting event with regular audiences approaching 4 million. I’m…

Longtime Virginia Sen. John Warner dies at 94

Former naval officer and Virginia Sen. John Warner is shown. | Getty Images By NICK NIEDZWIADEK…

Sex-mad and spectacular: 17 incredible facts about cicadas

Brood X is upon us. Across the US billions, if not trillions of cicadas have emerged…