Environmentalists say a tropical forest that's home to critically endangered orangutans is being logged more than a year after Indonesia's government ordered a halt to the forest's exploitation...

China says it will narrow its trade surplus with the United States but rejects pressure to change technology development tactics seen as a path to prosperity and its rightful place as a global leader...

A highly social giant panda out for a stroll has surprised and delighted residents of a town in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan...

The main global group for certifying sustainable wood has sent a come clean ultimatum to the one of the world's largest paper companies and its Indonesian owners following evidence it continues to cut...

Police have raided factories near Bangkok that allegedly are processing illegally imported electronic waste...

The Thai government has tightened restrictions on use of the weed killer paraquat amid mounting concerns over health risks, especially for farmers...

Toyota Motor Corp. chief Akio Toyoda, tapped to head the Japanese auto industry association, is promising to lead a push among manufacturers to keep a competitive edge in emerging technologies like ze...

A study says a Chinese-backed plan for Cambodia to build the Mekong River's biggest dam would destroy fisheries that feed millions and worsen tensions with Vietnam, the downstream country with most to...

Japan draft plan sets ambitious targets for nuclear energy despite challenges after Fukushima disaster...

Greenpeace has ended a five-year truce with one of the world's largest pulp and paper companies, accusing it of cutting down tropical forests in Indonesia during the entire time the two were cooperati...