FRANK JORDANS

July 12, 2019 at 2:03 am

Economists urge Germany to price carbon, end subsidies

BERLIN (AP) — A panel of economists advising the German government is recommending that the country should put a price on carbon emissions if it...

Business

July 11, 2019 at 3:10 am

Germany to step up surveillance of far-right ‘Identitarians’

BERLIN (AP) — The German domestic intelligence agency said Thursday it is stepping up observation of the far-right Identitarian Movement in Germany, a group that...

July 9, 2019 at 11:27 pm

Investment report finds many companies wanting on climate

BERLIN (AP) — Many companies in high-emission industries aren't doing enough to respond to climate change, according to a report produced for some of the...

Business

July 5, 2019 at 3:26 am

German official says CO2 charge should benefit the poor

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's environment minister said Friday that a proposed charge on carbon emissions should benefit people on low incomes and those who use...

Business

Migrants rest on a Mediterranea Saving Humans NGO boat, as they sail off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, on Thursday, July 4, 2019. An Italian humanitarian group whose boat has been barred from docking in Lampedusa said the health of the 54 migrants it rescued at sea is rapidly deteriorating, prompting fears of another standoff with Italy’s populist government. Mediterranea Saving Humans said Friday in a tweet that its sailing boat ALEX was off Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa, just outside Italian territorial waters, and that it has been banned from entering Italian jurisdiction by ministerial decree. (AP Photo/Olmo Calvo) EM120 EM120

July 4, 2019 at 11:57 pm

NGO ship with migrants barred from docking in Italy VIEW

ROME (AP) — An Italian humanitarian group whose boat has been barred from docking in Lampedusa said it is waiting for about 40 migrants still...

The German Arctic research vessel Polarstern is docked for maintenance in Bremerhaven, Germany, Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Scientists from 17 nations are preparing for a year-long mission to the central Arctic to study the impact that climate change is having on the frigid far north of the planet. Mission leader Markus Rex said that researchers plan to anchor the German icebreaker RV Polarstern to a large floe and set up camp on the ice as the sea freezes around them, conducting experiments throughout the Arctic winter. (AP Photos/Frank Jordans) LON501 LON501

July 3, 2019 at 1:09 pm

Arctic mission will trap scientists in ice to study climate VIEW

BREMERHAVEN, Germany (AP) — Cranes hoist cargo onto the deck, power tools scream out and workers bustle through the maze of passageways inside the German...

Nation & World

A teenagers cool off into water of Arga River as the sun sets during a hot summer day, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday, June, 28, 2019. Hot air from Africa is bringing a heat wave to Europe, prompting health warnings about Sahara Desert dust and exceptionally high temperatures in Spain. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) AB107 AB107

July 2, 2019 at 2:57 am

Economists urge Germany to price carbon, end subsidies

Germany to step up surveillance of far-right ‘Identitarians’

Investment report finds many companies wanting on climate

German official says CO2 charge should benefit the poor

NGO ship with migrants barred from docking in Italy VIEW

Arctic mission will trap scientists in ice to study climate VIEW

June was Europe’s hottest on record as climate change bites VIEW

Rescue ship captain held in Italy attracts donors, defenders VIEW

Heat wave outside has little impact on UN climate talks

Scientists successfully transfer 1st test tube rhino embryo