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Canada’s First Nation declares emergency due to excessive chemicals emission

By Wa Lone (Reuters) - Canada's Aamjiwnaang First Nation declared a state of emergency due to the excessive release of harmful chemicals from INEOS Styrolution's plastic manufacturing plant, the

Amidst climate change, Japan moves towards seagrass for carbon capture

By Tom Bateman and Kiyoshi Takenaka YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - On a recent Saturday, some 100 volunteers gathered on a popular beach in the Japanese port city of Yokohama, wading in the shallows to

SNB says climate change matter for politics, not central banks

BERN (Reuters) - Climate protection is very important for the Swiss National Bank, but the issue should be tackled by politicians rather than central banks, SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan said on Friday.

Climate change a matter for politicians, not central banks: SNB

BERN (Reuters) - Climate protection is very important for the Swiss National Bank, but the issue should be tackled by politicians rather than central banks, SNB Chairman Thomas Jordan said on Friday.

Climate groups picket Swiss National Bank’s shareholder meeting over its investments

By John Revill BERN (Reuters) - Climate campaigners picketed the Swiss National Bank's shareholders meeting on Friday to protest against the central bank's investments in companies they say damage the

South America weather experts see La Nina, El Nino frequency rising

LIMA (Reuters) - The climate phenomena known as El Nino and La Nina, which bring waves of heat, cold, rain or drought, will be more frequent and extreme in coming years, after South America suffered

Explainer-New EPA power sector rules set up likely legal clashes

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday finalized new regulations targeting pollution from power plants, including a landmark rule that requires sweeping

Colombia’s Chiribiquete park to receive $1 million annually for at least 30 years

By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete

Biden administration sets landmark rules to clean up US power sector

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced final rules targeting carbon, air and water pollution from power plants that it says could cut

US environmental regulator revamps rules to clean up power sector

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday announced it has finalized rules for power plants, that it says could cut over 1 billion metric tons from

On Camera

Make it a Fundamental Right of every religionist to propagate, convert: TT Krishnamachari

On 6 December 1948, TT Krishnamachari spoke in the Constituent Assembly during a debate on Article 19, supporting it as it is, including how it's framed in the matter of religion.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

Iran’s Shahab-3, India’s Agni-1 to US’s Minuteman III—ballistic missile arsenals, who has what

Iran used Shahab-3, along with Fattah-1 hypersonic missiles, to attack Israel after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah in air strikes on Lebanon's Beirut.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?