Climate change could cross key threshold in a decade: scientists

OXFORD, England (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The planet could pass a key target on world temperature rise in about a decade, prompting accelerating loss of glaciers, steep declines in water availability, worsening land conflicts and deepening poverty, scientists said this week.

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Rusty patched bumble bee proposed for U.S. endangered species status

(Reuters) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday proposed listing the rusty patched bumble bee, a prized but vanishing pollinator once widely found in the upper Midwest and Northeastern United States, for federal protection as an endangered species.

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Volkswagen investors seek $9 billion in damages over emissions scandal: court

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen faces 8.2 billion euros ($9.1 billion) in damages claims from investors over its emissions scandal in the legal district where the carmaker is based, a German court said on Wednesday.

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EU court rules against Britain over power plant emissions

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Court of Justice ruled against Britain on Wednesday, finding that it had failed to respect EU limits on nitrogen oxide emissions from the coal-fired Aberthaw power plant in Wales.

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UK pledges to ratify Paris climate deal by year-end

(Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to world leaders to ratify the Paris agreement to slow climate change by the end of the year.

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Flash floods in Indonesia kill 20; rescuers hunt for missing

GARUT, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesian search and rescue teams worked on Wednesday to find victims of flash floods that killed 20 people and damaged hundreds of homes, authorities said.

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Philippines recommends suspension of 12 more mines

MANILA (Reuters) - A dozen more Philippine mines, mostly nickel projects, are in danger of being suspended in an ongoing environmental crackdown on the sector, an environment undersecretary said on Wednesday.

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