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ArcelorMittal indicted in Fos-sur-Mer pollution case in France

(Reuters) - ArcelorMittal has been indicted for endangering the lives of others, forgery and environmental damages in connection to industrial pollution in the Fos-sur-Mer region, France, the

Shell’s 2024 emissions largely stable at 1.2 billion tons CO2 equivalent

LONDON (Reuters) - Shell's emissions were largely unchanged in 2024 at around 1.2 billion metric tons of CO2 equivalent, according to its annual report published on Tuesday and Reuters calculations.

Trafigura scraps plans for $471 million hydrogen plant in South Australia

(Reuters) - Trafigura has abandoned plans to build an A$750 million ($471.2 million) green hydrogen plant at its Port Pirie lead smelter in South Australia, a spokesperson for the global commodity

Swiss scientists hope to save biggest glacier in the Alps even as ice loss accelerates

By Cecile Mantovani and Denis Balibouse JUNGFRAUJOCH, Switzerland (Reuters) - The biggest glacier in the Alps could yet be partially saved if global warming is capped below two degrees Celsius, Swiss

US Supreme Court will not hear novel youth-led climate change case

By Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by 21 young people to revive a novel lawsuit claiming the U.S. government's energy policies violate their rights to be

Polish cabinet approves liberalisation of wind farm rules

WARSAW (Reuters) - The Polish government has approved on Friday draft legislation easing rules to build onshore wind farms, a key step in delivering a 2023 election pledge to boost power production

UK detects first case of bird flu in a sheep, stoking fears of spread

LONDON (Reuters) -Bird flu has been detected in a sheep in northern England, the first known case of its kind in the world, Britain's government said, adding to the growing list of mammals infected by

Indonesia minister says others won’t follow U.S. exit from JETP energy transition funding

JAKARTA (Reuters) - The United States' decision to pull out of the Just Energy Transition Partnership, an energy transition funding commitment by developed countries, will not impact the other

UK detects bird flu in a sheep for the first time

LONDON (Reuters) - The British government said on Monday that bird flu had been detected in a sheep in England for the first time. "The case was identified following routine surveillance of farmed

Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian

By Michaela Cabrera and Clotaire Achi PARIS (Reuters) - Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new

On Camera

Ube is all set to kick out matcha from Indian cafes. Expect purple frappe, boba tea, kulfi

Ube’s sweet, nutty, almost vanilla-like flavour doesn’t need convincing. You don’t have to acquire a taste for it. And matcha fatigue is all too real.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.