A Tokyo Olympic official promised a clean games, pledging to improve water quality in the venue for marathon swimming and triathlon, and to ban four large Japanese construction companies that have bee...

Greenpeace withdraws from Forest Stewardship Council, says it is failing to protect natural forests from exploitation...

Thirteen holiday hikers, including Chinese citizens, have been rescued aftter getting trapped overnight by a late-season snowfall on a Tokyo mountain trail...

Indonesia's disaster agency says 30 people have been treated for gas exposure after Mount Ijen in eastern Java belched toxic fumes from its crater...

Greenpeace says some major household brands including Johnson & Johnson have failed to disclose where they get their palm oil from despite vows to stop buying from companies that cut down tropical...

Thai police have filed more charges against a billionaire construction tycoon accused of hunting endangered animals in a wildlife sanctuary, in a case that has sparked public criticism of privileges e...

A rare Sumatran tiger has fatally attacked a man in the latest human-tiger conflict in a western Indonesian region plagued by widespread deforestation...

One of China's biggest cities has imposed curbs on traffic and factories due to a spike in air pollution and told elderly people and children to stay indoors...

Indonesian authorities foiled the shipment of 21 containers of prized ironwood from Papua, highlighting what environmentalists say is a rampant illegal trade in the easternmost region...

The Bank of China has pledged at least 10 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) to create a massive giant panda conservation park in southwestern Sichuan province...