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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

IKEA Foundation backs emerging market EV push with $100 million grant

By Simon Jessop and Virginia Furness LONDON (Reuters) - A global initiative to accelerate electric vehicle uptake has received a $100 million funding boost from the IKEA Foundation to help developing

Malaysia’s Petronas inks deal with JERA to study carbon capture and storage

(Reuters) - Malaysian state-run energy firm Petronas said on Tuesday it has signed a joint study agreement with Japanese power generation company JERA to evaluate the feasibility of the carbon capture

Dutch court hears Shell’s appeal against landmark climate ruling

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court will on Tuesday hear Shell's appeal against a landmark climate ruling which ordered it to drastically deepen planned greenhouse gas emission cuts. The district

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Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

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.