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Local elected leaders from the state, city and town level are praising a decision to divest the New York State pension from companies that support the use…

Not since 2008 has the Amazon been destroyed at a faster rate, according to Brazilian authorities. They say an area more than 12 times the size of New York City was deforested in the span of a year.

Ford is taking a big step into the alternative fuel world with an F-150 pickup truck that can run on natural gas. If it succeeds, the move could have repercussions for the broader auto industry.

As President Obama prepares to unveil his executive strategy on climate change, we look at the politics of the issue in Congress.

The most thorough examination of the infamous "Pacific Garbage Patch"-- a floating swath of debris caught in a gyre — shows it's bigger, way bigger, than thought. And it's mostly plastic.

So where will all those bottles and bags end up? A new study looks at what's happening.

Prime Minister Theresa May called plastic waste "one of the greatest environmental challenges facing the world." The government said it will work with industry to develop alternatives.

A number of government agencies work closely with the industries they are charged with regulating. The issue surfaced after Boeing's 737 Max planes had to be grounded by the FAA.

The 21 plaintiffs, many of whom are minors, say government policies infringe on their rights. "We need to as a country, do much bigger things," Leigh-Ann Draheim, the mother of one plaintiff said.

Lu Guang, a resident of New York, was invited to the heavily controlled region of Xinjiang in October. His wife Xu Xiaoli says she last heard from him Nov. 3. and that national security took him away.