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Texas regulators fine Freeport LNG for environmental breaches

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas' environmental regulator has fined liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter Freeport LNG $152,173 for violating state air pollution emissions rules for periods between 2019 and

US creates climate and trade task force to address commerce, manufacturing emissions

By Nicole Jao and Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. will create a new trade task force aimed at reducing carbon emissions from global commerce and manufacturing, White House senior adviser

World leaders call on nations to swiftly ratify U.N. ocean treaty

By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) -The European Union and the governments of 13 countries urged nations on Tuesday to prioritise the ratification of a U.N. treaty to protect the

Stranded sea otter pups paired with surrogate moms at California aquarium

By Rollo Ross and Jack Ferry LONG BEACH, California (Reuters) - Every year, around 10 to 15 sea otter pups are found stranded off the California coast, often due to storms that separate mother and

EU pledges 3.5 billion euros to protect the ocean

ATHENS (Reuters) -The European Union will spend 3.5 billion euros ($3.71 billion) to protect the ocean and promote sustainability through a series of initiatives this year, the EU's top environment

Russia, Kazakhstan fight floods as Putin ally says officials should have done better

By Tamara Vaal and Lucy Papachristou PETROPAVLOVSK, Kazakhstan (Reuters) -Kazakhstan's president described floods across the north of the country as a national disaster on Tuesday and ordered his

Russia’s agricultural sector largely unscathed by floods, minister says

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The work of Russian agricultural companies has not been significantly disrupted by heavy flooding in several regions, Agriculture Minister Dmitry Patrushev said on Tuesday, easing

80% of India to get above-average rainfall, La Nina to start around August, says IMD

Northeast India, which ‘historically have received good rainfall’ is witnessing a change in monsoon patterns. Global warming could be behind it, says Skymet.

Australia’s weather bureau says El Nino has ended, unsure about La Nina

CANBERRA (Reuters) -An El Nino weather event has ended, Australian weather authorities said on Tuesday, adding that they were uncertain if a La Nina phenomenon would form later this year, as other

A silver mine revives neglected Bosnian town

By Daria Sito-Sucic VARES, Bosnia (Reuters) - After five years abroad, Anto Marcic has returned to his village near the town of Vares in Bosnia and Herzegovina and opened a transportation firm that is

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Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

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?