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Factbox-What is in the US SEC’s proposed rule on climate reporting?

By Douglas Gillison (Reuters) - Wall Street's top regulator is expected to vote soon to adopt far-reaching changes to the way thousands of U.S.-listed companies tell investors how climate change will

Second-largest wildfire in Texas history rages across Panhandle

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Julene Castillo tried to flee from the small Texas Panhandle town where she lives on Tuesday evening as the state's second-largest wildfire on record approached, but she was

Americans brace for more extreme weather as winter’s bite returns

By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - A third of the United States faced the threat of severe weather on Wednesday as strong winds, snow and potential tornadoes threatened the Southeast, Ohio Valley

Guyana to sell first eligible carbon credits under airline emissions scheme

By Allison Lampert (Reuters) - Guyana will make the first eligible carbon credits available to airlines to counter pollution under the start of a landmark U.N. emissions deal, a government official

Carbon emissions from aluminium sector dip despite output growth – report

LONDON (Reuters) - Greenhouse gas emissions from the aluminium sector have been slipping in recent years even as output grows as the industry uses less carbon-intensive technology and recycling ramps

EU countries block supply chain audit law at last hour

By Philip Blenkinsop and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries blocked at a late stage on Wednesday new rules requiring large companies to check if their supply chains

EEX to work with local bourse on carbon trading in Turkey

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The European Energy Exchange (EEX) and Turkish energy bourse Enerji Piyasalari Isletme A.S. (EPIAS) on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding underlining their commitment

EU members fail to back supply chain audit law

By Philip Blenkinsop and Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries blocked at a late stage on Wednesday a proposed law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if

EU envoys fail to back supply chain checks law

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries failed on Wednesday sufficiently to back a proposed law requiring large companies in the bloc to check if their supply chains use forced labour or cause

Harmful waste generation set to jump, U.N. warns

By Aaron Ross NAIROBI (Reuters) - Waste produced by the public will surge by 2050, causing hundreds of billions of dollars of damage through biodiversity loss, climate change and deadly pollution, the

On Camera

A frosty start featuring ‘ULFA tapes’, thawed by a love of dogs. My conversations with Ratan Tata

Besides politics, his frustrations with business environment & inspirational ideas ranging from entrepreneurship to technology, aviation, philanthropy, we discovered a common passion: dogs

RBI’s policy-setting body keeps rates unchanged for 10th straight time, changes stance to ‘neutral’

Change in stance signals possibility of rate cuts, potentially as early as December, depending on inflation trends & global economy. Growth projection for FY 2024-25 retained at 7.2%.

Amid concerns about use of Chinese parts in drones, Army general urges industry to be transparent

Maj Gen CS Mann, ADG, Army Design Bureau, cites national security concerns. This comes after intelligence agencies flagged use of Chinese components in drones purchased by armed forces.

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?