The European Parliament approved a proposed law that would ban certain single use plastic packaging like mini shampoo bottles in hotels and thin plastic bags for groceries, in an attempt to curb the rising tide of packaging waste. News plastic plasticbottle europeanunion europe Reuters...

   Heavy rains across Kenya displaced thousands and killed at least people, according to Kenya Red Cross Society data. The Meteorological Department warned more heavy rains are expected in the coming week and issued flood alerts. News kenya floods africa rains Reuters Newsfeed ...

   Dams holding large amounts of nuclear waste can be found in Kyrgyzstan’s scenic hills. However, following a landslide they have become unstable, threatening a possible Chernobyl scale nuclear disaster if they collapse. News kyrgyzstan environment Reuters Newsfeed Read the story here...

   South Korea’s Constitutional Court began hearing a case that accuses the government of having failed to protect people, including dozens of young environmental activists and children, by not tackling climate change. News southkorea environment Reuters Newsfeed climatechange Read the...

   Taiwan’s quake hit eastern county of Hualien was rattled by more than aftershocks. There were no casualties and only minor damage was reported. News taiwan earthquake Reuters Newsfeed environment Read the story here: https: reut.rs ddpELF Subscribe: http: smarturl.it...

   Global leaders are in Canada for the fourth round of negotiations towards what would become the first global treaty to rein in soaring plastic pollution. This treaty could be the most significant environmental deal since the Paris Agreement. News environment plastic Reuters Newsfeed ...

   A new desalination plant in Umm Qasr in Iraq aims to fight water scarcity for residents and agriculture. News iraq watercrisis Reuters Newsfeed environment Read the story here: Subscribe: http: smarturl.it reuterssubscribe Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https...

   Rescuers on boats in China’s flood hit Guangdong province raced to evacuate trapped residents, carrying some elderly people by piggyback from their homes and deploying helicopters to save villagers caught in landslides. News Reuters Newsfeed world Asia China Guangdong floods environment...

   Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, according to a new report. News europe climatechange Reuters Newsfeed environment heatwaves Read the story here: https: reut.rs b OSZL ...

   Thousands of people protested in Tenerife, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals. News tenerife spain canaryislands tourism Reuters Newsfeed Read...

   Severe rainfall and flooding has killed dozens of people across Pakistan in the past week, according to the National Disaster Management Authority. News pakistan floods rain Reuters Newsfeed Subscribe: http: smarturl.it reuterssubscribe Keep up with the latest news from around the...

   Colombia has started rationing water to alleviate droughts wrought by the El Nino weather pattern, which has exacerbated the Andean country’s dry season and caused reservoir levels to fall. News Reuters Newsfeed world environment Americas Colombia drought watercrisis rationing Bogota...

   On a hospital bed in Niger, a year old woman lay motionless attached to a drip one of thousands of possible victims of West Africa’s worst heatwave in living memory, which a report said was linked to fossil fuel driven climate change. News westafrica niger heatwaves climatechange...

   Heavy rains sweeping across much of Kenya have left thousands homeless. Aid agencies say nearly, households have been displaced since the start of rainy season at the end of March, and at least people have died. News kenya kenyaflood environment africa Reuters Newsfeed ...

   With the world’s corals now suffering a fourth mass bleaching event in three decades, Brazil is bracing for what could be its worst coral bleaching event as extremely warm waters damage reefs in the country’s largest marine reserve. News coralbleaching globalwarming Reuters Newsfeed Read...