environmental laws and regulations

NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian capital on Friday kicked off a sweeping plan to reduce its record-high air pollution by limiting the numbers of cars on th...

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) — A small group of Volkswagen engineers began working as early as 2005 on emissions cheating software after they were unable t...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) — Talks on a universal climate pact shifted to a higher gear Monday, with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urging government...

PARIS (AP) — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that parts of the global warming deal being negotiated in Paris should be legally binding on the part...

PARIS (AP) — The latest from the much-anticipated U.N. climate conference that gets underway in Paris on Monday. All times local: 8:30 p.m. The Eiffel...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is trying to negotiate a legacy-making climate change pact this coming week in Paris with one hand tied behin...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — American Indians across the Western U.S. are challenging moves by federal wildlife officials to lift protections for grizzly be...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration wants you to eat your fruits and vegetables. They also want the produce to be safe. Long-awaited rules anno...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's the elephant in the negotiating room that few officials want to acknowledge: Whatever international deal comes out of Paris cli...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, President Barack Obama chided Republicans and Democrats alike for treating the Keystone XL pipeline as a signal of whethe...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Investors and regulators put more pressure on Volkswagen on Wednesday after the company said it had understated the carbon d...

BONN, Germany (AP) — The trillion-dollar question of who should pay for global warming is coming to a head in talks on an international climate pact, ...

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — When Volkswagen opened its gleaming pollution testing center near the California coast, a top executive from the German automake...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California regulators on Friday restored ambitious rules to cut transportation fuel emissions 10 percent within 5 years, a d...

BERLIN (AP) — The latest developments on the Volkswagen emissions scandal. All times local. ___ 6:40 p.m. Volkswagen AG has chosen the head of its Por...

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday, days after admitting that the world's top-selling carmaker had rigged diesel emissi...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Setting aside personality clashes for a night, the Republican Party's 2016 contest shifted to substance Friday as a slate of W...

DOVER, N.H. (AP) — The federal government said Friday that public and private conservation efforts have helped the New England cottontail rebound to t...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a...

DENVER (AP) — Microscopic bugs and mildew can destroy a marijuana operation faster than any police raid. And because the crop has been illegal for so ...