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Coal now makes up less than 50% of India’s installed capacity but renewable output still lags

While output from wind, solar, and hydro sources remains low as a percentage of capacity, India is producing more coal than before and drilling for coal deposits too.

US proposes end to federal coal leasing in Wyoming Powder River Basin

(Reuters) - The Biden administration on Thursday proposed an end to future coal leasing on federal lands in Montana and Wyoming's Powder River Basin, the nation's most productive coal-producing region

Rain helps stall wildfire near Canadian oil city

By Jesse Winter FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA (Reuters) -Overnight rain helped firefighters stall a large wildfire near the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray, Alberta and wet weather on Thursday was

Sea otters get more prey and reduce tooth damage using tools

By Will Dunham (Reuters) - Humans are not alone in the use of tools. Chimpanzees, for instance, crack nuts with stones and use sticks to get at tasty termites. Dolphins are known to employ sponges to

Thailand frees endangered turtles with trackers to boost conservation hopes

By Napat Wesshasartar PHUKET, Thailand (Reuters) - Off the shore of Thailand's resort island of Phuket, marine conservationists have released 11 baby leatherback sea turtles into the Indian Ocean,

More than 60% of world’s coral reefs may have bleached in past year, NOAA says

By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Nearly two-thirds of the world's coral reefs have been subjected to heat stress bad enough to trigger bleaching over the past year, the leading agency monitoring coral

Rain stalls wildfire near Canadian oil city

By Jesse Winter FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA (Reuters) - A large wildfire near the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray stalled overnight and was not expected to advance on Thursday during wet weather,

Wildfire near Canadian oil city expected to be subdued on Thursday, says local authority

OTTAWA (Reuters) - A large wildfire near the major Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray did not move closer overnight and is expected to remain subdued on Thursday, the local authority said on

Sport England launches new strategy to deal with climate change

LONDON (Reuters) - Every major sporting body in England must have robust sustainability plans in place before 2027 or face funding cuts, Sport England said on Thursday as part of a 45 million pounds (

India’s secretary of renewable energy sets ambitious green hydrogen goal

Bhupinder Singh Bhalla spoke about India's ambitious target of producing 5 million tonnes of annual green hydrogen by 2030, and the steps that will be taken to achieve this goal.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.