Hyundai Motor Group confirms it's moving forward with expanding its Georgia plant.

Tax incentives that have saved U.S. residents thousands of dollars on home efficiency upgrades, clean energy installations and electric vehicles are expiring this year.

Australia has set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by between 62% and 70% below 2005 levels by 2035.

Yellow-crested cockatoos have found a sanctuary in Hong Kong's urban parks, but they face housing troubles similar to their human neighbors.

Playwright David Bar Katz is helping artists facing financial stress through The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater.

The National Academy of Sciences says evidence supporting a 2009 U.S. government finding that climate change threatens public health is “beyond scientific dispute” and that evidence supporting that finding has only grown stronger.

Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at 89, was known for his deep commitment to activism, especially for Native American rights and the environment.

A report by Global Witness reveals that at least 146 land and environmental defenders have been killed or gone missing worldwide in 2024.

Spain says that this summer was the hottest on record for the country.

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination from illegal gold mining and deforestation.

Rivian Automotive is starting to build a long-delayed electric vehicle plant in Georgia, despite tough challenges in the U.S. market.

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda.

McDonald’s said Monday it plans to invest $200 million over the next seven years to promote regenerative agriculture practices on cattle ranches.

Nearly 200 shipping companies said Monday they want the world’s largest maritime nations to adopt regulations that include the first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases to reduce their sector’s emissions.

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, is making his first visit in four years to the United States.

The soaring price of gold is fueling a mercury boom in central Mexico.

A World Trade Organization agreement aimed at reducing overfishing has taken effect.

Youth in Lahaina, Hawaii, have been struggling since wildfires destroyed their hometown two years ago.

Tornadoes destroyed several homes in southeastern Utah over the weekend, but authorities say there were no reports of people injured.

The California Legislature has voted to extend the state's cap-and-trade program.

President Donald Trump has approved federal disaster aid for six states and tribes following storms and floods this spring and summer.

Bear harvest permit applications open at 10 a.m. Friday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

A European Union court has ruled that nuclear energy and natural gas can be considered environmentally sustainable investments.

A new study finds well-preserved areas of Amazon rainforest occupied and managed by Indigenous peoples show lower incidences of multiple diseases in the regions around them.

More than 70% of teens say climate change affects their mental health, and nearly half of young people globally report feeling sad, anxious, or powerless about the future.

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry.

Paradise, California, is slowly recovering from the devastating 2018 Camp Fire.

Indonesian rescuers have recovered the bodies of at least 15 people while authorities say 10 people are missing after flash floods struck two provinces of the archipelago nation.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing a dilemma over the immigration detention center built in the Florida Everglades.

Does Florida’s Everglades National Park represent a slight to development in America.

A Georgia judge says he's going to dismiss racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of trying to stop the construction of a police and firefighter training facility known as “Cop City."

An Associated Press analysis reveals that survivors of major natural disasters in the U.S. are waiting longer for federal aid.

Disaster survivors are waiting longer for federal aid.

Tropical Storm Kiko is creating high surf and rip currents for parts of Hawaii, even as it weakens north of the islands.

Researchers say they have confirmed the presence of an invasive species of tick in Maine for the first time, marking the farthest northeast in the U.S. where the pest has been discovered.

New research suggests that a tiny phytoplankton that is an essential part of the marine food web may decline sharply as oceans warm.

Forecasters say the risk of direct impacts from Hurricane Kiko has decreased.

A new study finds that climate change is increasing sugar consumption in the United States.

At the Port of Los Angeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power.

Pakistani officials say rescuers backed by troops have evacuated more than 25,000 people from a city in eastern Pakistan as rising rivers threatened to flood the region.

Former U.S. Congressman John Burton has died at age 92.

Forecasters say Hurricane Kiko is weakening as it continues on a track forecast to take the storm north of the Hawaiian islands in coming days.

An expanding iron-ore mine and a deposit of rare-earth minerals are fragmenting the land in northern Sweden and altering ancient reindeer migration routes.

Peru’s Congress has rejected a long-delayed proposal to create the Yavari Mirim Indigenous Reserve.

Scientists conducting a first-of-its-kind drilling operation have extracted samples of fresh water hiding in massive reservoirs deep under the ocean.

Hurricane Kiko has intensified again to a Category 4 hurricane in the Pacific Ocean.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein is taking a more collaborative approach with Republican opponents in his first eight months in office despite disagreeing with them on many issues.

India’s clean energy appetite is helping the country’s solar power industry wean itself off imported Chinese parts and continue growing even as it faces a tougher sell to its biggest foreign customer, the United States.

Kapalua Golf Resort has been without irrigation water for seven days as it grows worried about keeping the Plantation course in shape for the PGA Tour season opener.

The federal government has filed two lawsuits against Southern California Edison, alleging the utility’s equipment sparked fires in the Los Angeles area that destroyed thousands of structures and killed 17 people.

The world's largest iceberg, A23A, is breaking into smaller pieces and may not last beyond November.

Rhode Island, Connecticut and the developer of an offshore wind farm that would power 350,000 homes in the two states are suing the Trump administration for stopping the nearly completed project.

Lorena has weakened to a tropical storm, but forecasters warn of life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides in parts of Mexico's Baja California peninsula.

Heavy rains have led to some of the worst flooding and landslides in decades in large parts of Northern India.

Officials say rivers are swelling to dangerous levels in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, forcing more than half a million people to flee their homes in the past 24 hours.

The eastern Mediterranean and Middle East are in the grips of one of their worst droughts in decades, which is drying rivers and lakes, shriveling crops and even leading to water cutoffs in major cities.

A new study says climate change has made extreme weather conditions, like those fueling wildfires in the Iberian Peninsula, 40 times more likely.

Marine biologists on Florida's Space Coast have released June Cleaver, a 230-pound loggerhead turtle, back into the ocean.

A new study says the world has far fewer places to securely store carbon dioxide deep underground than previously thought, steeply lowering its potential to help stem global warming.

Search teams have recovered around 100 bodies from a remote village in Sudan's Darfur region after a landslide devastated the area over the weekend.

Officials say nearly 300,000 people have been evacuated in the past 48 hours from flood-hit areas of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, bringing the total number displaced since last month to 1.3 million.

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Kiko is now a Category 4 storm in the Pacific.

The city of Jacksonville unveiled a “Safe Parks Wi-Fi Initiative” on Tuesday, which includes adding cameras connected to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office’s Real-Time Crime Center and the city’s parks department to 12 local parks.

India has warned Pakistan about possible cross-border flooding for the second time in as many weeks as monsoon deluges cause death and widespread destruction in both countries.

Emergency workers in Pakistan's Punjab province have used drones to find people stranded by massive floods.

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has shaken eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border.

Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province is experiencing its worst flood in history, according to a senior official.

Biologists are using drones to scare wolves away from cattle.

Thousands of Americans will head to beaches for one last summer splash this Labor Day weekend, and many of them will arrive at beaches where swimming is not advised because of unsafe levels of fecal contamination.

The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.

A feud over management of one of North America's longest rivers has been simmering in the courts for years.

California energy regulators are postponing implementation of a penalty on oil companies if their profits climb too high.

A lawsuit challenges Hawaii's new tourist tax on cruise ship passengers, claiming it is unconstitutional.

As the National Weather Service scrambles to hire up to 450 people to restore deep cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency, potential applicants are being asked to explain how they would advance President Donald Trump’s agenda if hired.

The Transportation Department has canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects.

Florida boasts at least 1,000 freshwater springs, more than any other U.S. state.

Rescuers in Pakistan have been racing to evacuate tens of thousands of people stranded by floods in Punjab province, as floodwater inundated some villages near Lahore.

Oregon lawmakers gathered in Salem on Friday for a special session focused on transportation funding.

Residents of New Orleans are marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall on the Gulf Coast.

Japanese officials have released AI-generated videos simulating a potential eruption of Mount Fuji.

Some people spend their entire lives dreaming of that one special day where they walk down the aisle to be married.

A growing number of cranberry bogs in Massachusetts are being converted back to nature as farmers get out of the business.

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks.

They look, move and even smell like the kind of furry Everglades marsh rabbit a Burmese python would love to eat.

A new study says climate change that has driven scorching temperatures and dwindling rainfall made massive wildfires in Turkey, Greece and Cyprus this summer burn much more fiercely.

A decade after 2005's Hurricane Katrina, one Mississippi city began offering property tax breaks to encourage building near the waterfront.

Sea turtles and shorebirds are still using Florida’s sandy shorelines as important nesting habitat, and the FWC is asking you to help out by giving them space and following some simple guidelines during the Labor Day Weekend.

As part of our “4 Your Neighborhood” coverage in the Arlington area, News4JAX is highlighting efforts to protect a local gem: The Fort Caroline National Memorial.

The St. Johns River has always been the heart of Jacksonville. In Arlington, it’s more than just a scenic view — it’s part of the community’s identity, shaping property values, recreation, and even the neighborhood’s future.

The Jacksonville Arboretum and Botanical Gardens is a place where you can disappear from the hustle and bustle of the neighborhoods and businesses that you traditionally think of in Arlington.

Torrential rainfall has left at least 34 people dead in Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods and landslides in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Heavy rain has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in the aftermath of a tropical storm.

Efforts to restore the red-legged frog to Southern California, where it had all but disappeared, seemed doomed when the COVID-19 pandemic struck and restrictions were put in place at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Massive walls of dust and debris called haboobs that roll through the U.S. Southwest can be awe-inspiring and terrifying, especially for motorists caught in their path.

Firefighting crews are trying to corral a fast-growing blaze churning through central California’s Sierra National Forest, as forecasters warn that lightning strikes from thunderstorms could spark new ignitions.

Tropical storms Juliette and Fernand are churning over open waters — one in the Pacific Ocean and one in the Atlantic.

Officials say rescuers in eastern Pakistan have evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions.

Heavy rain has hit Southeast Asia after Typhoon Kajiki made landfall in Vietnam.

Crews are cleaning up downed trees and electricity largely is restored after a powerful dust storm hit the Phoenix area.