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US EPA closing its museum, administrator says

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said on Monday the EPA was closing a one-room museum at the agency's headquarters in Washington

US regulator OCC withdraws guidance to banks for climate-related financial risk

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency withdrew principles providing guidance to banks for climate-related financial risk, the

Brazil’s Petrobras, BNDES partner to buy carbon credits in Amazon region

By Fabio Teixeira and Rodrigo Viga Gaier RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras and the country's development bank BNDES have partnered up to create a program to finance

Search for quake survivors intensifies in Myanmar, Thailand; death toll exceeds 2,000

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Survivors were pulled out of rubble in Myanmar and signs of life were detected in the ruins of a skyscraper in Bangkok on Monday as efforts intensified to find people trapped three

Brazil’s coffee farmers turn to costly irrigation to quench global demand for the brew

By Marcelo Teixeira and Roberto Samora LUIS EDUARDO MAGALHAES/GUAXUPE, Brazil (Reuters) - Drought hit coffee farmers in Brazil hard last year, drying up trees and driving global prices to record highs

Factbox-Who is giving aid to Myanmar after the earthquake?

(Reuters) -Rescue workers, sniffer dogs, paramedics and millions of dollars in aid have begun arriving in Myanmar after a massive earthquake ravaged much of the war-torn country. About 2,000 people

South Africa grants Eskom coal plants limited emissions exemptions

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African coal-fired power stations have received limited exemptions from air quality laws and harmful emissions reduction regulations, the environment

Dutch Gasunie expects to invest $13 billion in power grid through 2030

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Dutch natural gas grid operator Gasunie on Monday said it expects to invest around 12 billion euros ($13 billion) through 2030 to help accelerate the energy transition and stop

Growing wildfire in eastern California prompts evacuations, Cal Fire says

By Surbhi Misra (Reuters) -A rapidly growing wildfire in California's Eastern Sierra region burned through 1,000 acres and forced evacuations in multiple counties, the California Department of

China’s Politburo discussed environmental protection work in meeting on Monday

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's Politburo met on Monday to discuss supervision over environmental protection work, the official state news agency Xinhua said. Top Communist Party officials, the Politburo,

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Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.