Against the backdrop of global climate change and deteriorating ecological environments, green development and sustainable economic growth have emerged as central concerns for governments and various ...

Since the reform and opening up, heavy-polluting enterprises, such as thermal power and steel, have played an important role in China’s economic development, but their extensive development mode has ...

In a statement Friday, at the conclusion of her visit to Ireland, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment, Astrid Peuntes Riaño, said Ireland should consider ...

Astrid Puentes’s journey from Bogotá to the UN is shaped by a deep awareness of how environmental harm often mirrors social injustice. Early in her legal career, she confronted cases where pollution ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to roll back environmental regulations, including for the oil and gas industry. How we did this Pew Research Center conducted this ...

Climate change and environmental crises such as deforestation are critical problems in refugee situations. UNHCR estimates that 20-25 million trees are cut down in and around refugee settlements each ...

White conservative evangelicals, who make up most of the religious right movement, largely oppose government regulation to protect the environmental initiatives, including efforts to curb human-caused ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, and is pursuing staff ...