Senators return to the Capitol on Monday evening with just one full day for work ahead of a partial government shutdown.

The state that once pioneered clean energy now gets just 4% of its electricity from renewables as natural gas interests and political gridlock block progress on solar and wind.

With climate change increasing the frequency of droughts and erratic rainfall in Afghanistan, aid agencies say Kabul is among the most water-stressed cities in Asia, with shortages fuelling disease, ...