Storm Iota unleashed flash floods in areas already waterlogged with rain, forcing tens of thousands of people across Central America to flee their homes with a death toll feared to be over 20 by Wednesday morning.
Danish renewable energy group Ørsted and North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) announced on Wednesday a deal to train an offshore wind construction workforce to build the firm's pipeline of projects down the U.S. East Coast.
One of the world's leading investor groups pushing for more corporate action on climate change said it has added Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil producer, to its list of target companies.
The incoming administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the United States may be more willing to work with Canada on addressing climate change, Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem said on Tuesday.
Greenhouse gas emissions regulated under Europe’s carbon market fell by 9.1% last year from a year earlier, the European Commission said in a report to the European Parliament and Council on Wednesday.
Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans from 2030, five years earlier than previously planned, as part of what Prime Minister Boris Johnson is casting as a "green revolution" to cut emissions to net zero by 2050.
Some of the world's leading long-distance runners and hundreds of others will take part in a half-marathon and shorter races this month in New Delhi, the organiser said on Wednesday, despite concerns over the Indian capital's toxic air.
The Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) is considering using oil storage sites in Singapore owned by PetroChina Co as a delivery point for its low-sulphur fuel oil futures contract, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
Panasonic, Equinor and Norsk Hydro will explore opportunities to set up a lithium-ion battery production business in Norway, targeting auto makers as potential customers, the firms said on Wednesday.
Volkswagen on Wednesday said the German government's 3 billion euro ($3.57 billion) scheme to support low-emission cars sent a strong signal Berlin would help lift the country's key export industry out of the coronavirus and climate crises.
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech could secure emergency U.S. and European authorization for their COVID-19 vaccine next month after final trial results showed it had a 95% success rate and no serious side effects, the drugmakers said on Wednesday.