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Petrobras resists order to assess Indigenous impact of Amazon drilling

By Fabio Teixeira and Marta Nogueira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's state-run oil firm Petrobras is resisting regulatory demands requiring it to assess the impact on Indigenous groups of drilling

Wildfire approaches western Canada oil town, forces some evacuations

By David Ljunggren and Nia Williams (Reuters) -A large wildfire is slowly approaching the major Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray and people in four suburbs have been told to evacuate, local

US appeals court upholds biofuel blending mandates for 2020-2022

By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a rule from President Joe Biden's administration that set the amount of biofuels that oil refiners were required to blend into the

Explainer-When the double brood of cicadas will come out – and what to expect

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Parts of the United States are experiencing a rare natural phenomenon with the simultaneous emergence of two enormous adjacent broods of periodical cicadas. The

Summer 2023 was the hottest in 2,000 years, study says

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Last summer, as wildfires swept across the Mediterranean, roads buckled in Texas and heatwaves strained power grids in China, it was not just the warmest summer on

Inaugural Africa clean cooking summit sees $2.2 billion pledged

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - A push to provide clean cooking options for the more than 1 billion people in Africa who currently rely on fuels such as charcoal and wood has raised $2.2 billion in

Tesla is sued over emissions from California plant

By Jonathan Stempel and Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Tesla has been sued by an environmental nonprofit that accused Elon Musk's electric car company of violating the federal Clean Air Act hundreds of

Seed-dropping drones seek to halt Kosovo’s deforestation

By Fatos Bytyci BUTOVC, Kosovo (Reuters) - A hovering drone drops linden and pine seeds wrapped in soil onto a barren hillside outside Kosovo's capital Pristina, part of an effort to reforest

As pollution kills, Africa needs billions for climate-ready stoves

By Bukola Adebayo LAGOS (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Despite her well-honed sales pitch, Aanu Ajayi is often met by scepticism when out selling energy-efficient stoves in the Nigerian city of Lagos

Illegal wildlife trade persistent & pervasive, warns UN crime agency, calls for urgent action

The third edition of UN World Wildlife Crime Report 2024 finds worrying rise in illegal wildlife trade. Rhino horns, pangolin scales, and elephant ivory lead the illegal wildlife market.

On Camera

Why India’s young would rather pay for a crowd than sit quietly in a library

In trying to modernise the idea of a 'third space', Gen Z has forgotten the original ones altogether. Libraries, parks, and museums were about coexistence without expectation, which went beyond productivity or leisure.

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.