BERLIN (AP) — South America's Mercosur countries will address environmental concerns raised by the European Union that have stalled ratification of a free trade deal between the two trade blocs,...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Agriculture Department has proposed rules for phasing out the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in weed killer Roundup, by early 2024.

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the world’s main association of airlines says it needs to better explain commitments it made years ago to reduce carbon emissions, and not make new pledges collectively -...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration has notified UN that it has started process of withdrawing US from Paris climate agreement.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's environmental protection agency says it will ban an agricultural pesticide linked to brain damage in kids.

HOUSTON (AP) — Water pollution charges were filed Monday against a company that owns a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility where a large fire that burned for days in March caused chemicals...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests, including parts of the Appalachian Trail, was thrown out Thursday by a federal appeals court that harshly criticized regulators for approving the proposal.

PHOENIX (AP) — Nine Arizona tribes will receive federal funding to address environmental concerns on their land.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the nearly $3 million in funding Monday. The agency has been meeting with tribes on the Hualapai (WAHL'-uh-peye) reservation.

The money will address hazardous waste regulations, water quality and pollution, among other things.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina environmental officials say the state's air has become clean enough that only 22 of its 100 counties still have to conduct vehicle emissions testing.

Legislation signed by Gov. Roy Cooper earlier this month slashed the number of counties required to conduct vehicle emissions testing, but some environmental advocates argue that doing so will result in air pollution going back up.

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of people showed up Saturday at New York's March for Science, including a retired high school teacher who warned that climate change, if ignored, will be America's "Armageddon."

New York joined cities around the world where activists marched to defend science from attacks and reduced federal funding.

In Manhattan, scientists and supporters first gathered at a late-morning rally at Central Park West.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge in San Francisco granted initial approval Tuesday to a deal worth at least $1.2 billion that aims to compensate the owners of roughly 78,000 Volkswagens with 3-liter engines that were rigged to cheat on emissions tests.

The company previously agreed to spend up to $10 billion compensating owners of roughly 475,000 Volkswagens and Audi vehicles with 2-liter diesel engines — the bulk of the vehicles caught up in Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Biologists, river advocates and environmental officials are trying to figure out why mussels are dying in a central Ohio river known for its biodiversity, raising concerns about the creek's long-term health.

Dozens of dying or dead mussels have surfaced along miles of Big Darby Creek since October, Anthony Sasson, freshwater conservation manager for the Nature Conservancy in Ohio, told The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2dYNblj).

ELK CREEK, Neb. (AP) — A company that wants to mine rare metals in southeast Nebraska plans to dump naturally occurring underground saltwater into the Missouri River, a prospect that has raised environmental concerns.

Centennial, Colorado-based NioCorp Developments Ltd. has been meeting with regulators and county officials while firming plans to spend nearly $1 billion building the mine and processing facility near Elk Creek, about 70 miles southeast of Lincoln.

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — An effort to deal with environmental concerns at a non-motorized path along the Huron River in Ypsilanti is getting a $200,000 boost.

The Washtenaw County Brownfield Authority awarded a grant to the city to remediate contaminated soil adjacent to the path that's in the Water Street redevelopment area. The work will allow officials to reopen the path, which was recently closed.