JAKARTA – Indonesia on Saturday accused five Chevron employees of being involved in a scam to set up a fictitious green project that lost the state some $270 million, a charge denied by the US oil giant.

LONDON – The UK government will consider replacing a scheme to cut corporate energy use with an alternative environmental tax if it cannot reduce the scheme’s administrative costs, finance minister George Osborne said in his budget statement on Wednesday.

Preparations are on in China to launch a moon mission and bring about two kilogram of lunar soil samples to Earth, People’s Daily reported Friday.

SURABAYA – An aging giraffe at Indonesia’s largest zoo has died with a large lump of plastic found in his stomach, causing concern among zoo officials.

MOSCOW – Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world’s airlines to pay for carbon emissions have agreed on a basket of retaliatory measures but will leave it up to each country to choose among them, Russia’s deputy transport minister said on Wednesday.

GATI, Nepal – Climate change is altering the face of the Himalayas, devastating farming communities and making Mount Everest increasingly treacherous to climb, some of the world’s top mountaineers have warned.

CAPETOWN – A pair of African penguins glide over the water while a pod of dolphins approach in the background.

SHANGHAI – Environmental accidents are on the rise in China, mainly due to chemicals industry-related traffic and industrial mishaps, and the costs of such damage to the economy are rising.

LONDON- People in cities can grow enough of lettuce, beans and tomatoes for consumption by utilising roof tops of the building they stay in.

BUCHAREST, Romania – Greenpeace activists stormed the Romanian environment minister’s office Tuesday, with two chaining themselves to the radiator, to protest a controversial gold mine in Transylvania.