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IMD warns of likely heat waves from April to June

According to the IMD, the heat wave is expected to affect the country's southern and western parts.

Shell says landmark emissions ruling won’t help climate goals

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight

Ecologists report oil spill near Kazakh oil field in Caspian Sea

ALMATY (Reuters) -An ecological organisation in Kazakhstan said on Tuesday that a large oil spill had been captured by satellite imagery in the northern Caspian Sea near Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan

Ecologists report oil spill near Kazakhstan’s giant Kashagan oil field in Caspian Sea

ALMATY (Reuters) - An ecological organisation in Kazakhstan said on Tuesday that a European satellite had spotted an oil spill in the northern Caspian Sea near Kazakhstan's giant Kashagan oil field.

Namibia investigates surge in rhino poaching in Etosha park

WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibian authorities are investigating a surge in rhino poaching that has seen 28 rhinos poached already this year, two-thirds of them in the Southern African country's flagship

Shell says landmark climate ruling obstructs fight against climate change

By Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Shell on Tuesday told a Dutch court a 2021 order that it should drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions lacks a legal basis and risks obstructing the fight

US climate law has boosted solar, batteries; hydrogen, other initiatives lag

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - The U.S. has doubled the pace of cutting carbon emissions since President Joe Biden's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022, analysts and scientists said,

Wide swath of US will get buggy as two cicada broods intrude

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Cicadas, the noisy but rather tame insects that spend most of their lives underground, are poised to put on quite a show starting this month in a wide swath of the United

Canada’s Indigenous peoples eye big energy deals, await Trudeau loan promise

By Rod Nickel and Nivedita Balu WINNIPEG, Manitoba/TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's First Nations are eyeing their biggest opportunities yet to invest in multi-billion-dollar energy projects from

Hyundai Motor ends Indonesia aluminium deal after climate campaign by K-pop fans

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and PT Adaro Minerals Indonesia Tbk have ended an aluminium supply agreement after calls by a climate campaigner backed by K-pop fans not to procure

On Camera

Haryana win is redemption, J&K defeat is vindication. BJP is walking out of Lok Sabha poll fog

A leader's charisma is a big plus. But don't underestimate the craft of mounting an election campaign. Haryana is BJP's reward for mastering it. All-round participation and peaceful polling in J&K too is a win.

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?