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US EPA allows temporary expansion of higher-ethanol gasoline blend this summer

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will temporarily expand sales of higher-ethanol blends of gasoline this summer in an effort to reduce potential supply

Dutch zoo creates coral ‘Noah’s Ark’ to preserve endangered reefs

ARNHEM, Netherlands (Reuters) - Divers at a Netherlands zoo on Monday began work to create a "Noah's Ark" of coral as part of a global effort to preserve coral reefs by building reserve populations in

Series of earthquakes rattle Taiwan, centred on east coast

TAIPEI (Reuters) -More than a dozen earthquakes, the strongest of 5.7 magnitude, struck Taiwan's east coast on Monday and some caused brief shaking in the capital Taipei, the island's weather

UK’s Thames Water makes new clean-up pledge in bid to raise prices

By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Thames Water said on Monday it would spend an extra 1.1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) on tackling sewage spills and fixing leaks to try to persuade the

Taiwan rattled by earthquake in eastern county

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's eastern county of Hualien on Monday, the island's weather administration said, with no immediate reports of damage. The quake shook

Cocoa farming in Liberia risks undermining EU deforestation law

By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Farmers are clearing forests in Liberia to create cocoa plantations and are trafficking the beans into neighbouring Ivory Coast, undermining European efforts to

Denmark launches its biggest offshore wind tender

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark on Monday launched its biggest offshore wind tender to date, offering no subsidies to companies competing for the right to erect turbines on six sites with a combined

Biden to unveil $7 billion for rooftop solar in Earth Day message

(Reuters) - President Joe Biden on Monday will celebrate Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in grants for residential solar projects that will power nearly a million low-income households, the White

Floods swamp southern China, spark extreme weather fears

By Mei Mei Chu, David Kirton and Liz Lee QINGYUAN, China (Reuters) -Floods swamped a handful of cities in southern China's densely populated Pearl River Delta following record-breaking rains, sparking

Return of colonial-era statue to Congo fuels environmental revival

By Benoit Nyemba LUSANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - Joyful singing and cheers echoed around the hills surrounding a small village in western Democratic Republic of Congo as a procession emerged

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Beijing is concerned about anti-China sentiment in India. New Delhi is focused on border

Chinese officials emphasised a desire to rejuvenate bilateral ties. Their advice? Don't make the border dispute the focal point; pursue economic relations with an open mindset.

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.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

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?