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Australia’s hot, dry El Nino summer brings risk of power cuts – operator

By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - Extreme heat, low rain and bushfires could trigger blackouts across Australia this summer, the electricity market operator said on Wednesday, as El Nino puts

US-China to revive bilateral working group on climate cooperation after talks in California

The two biggest greenhouse gas emitters said they will work together to curb forest loss and plastic pollution.

Iceland prepares to shield geothermal plant from risk of volcanic eruption

By Ben Makori GRINDAVIK, Iceland (Reuters) -Icelandic authorities were on Tuesday preparing to build defence walls around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they

Dutch environmental office says ban on polluting fuel exports working

LONDON (Reuters) - The Dutch Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT), which last year introduced stricter controls on the quality of fuel exports from the Netherlands, said on Tuesday the

Hit by floods and drought, quarter of Somali people at risk of ‘crisis-level’ hunger – WFP

GENEVA (Reuters) - A quarter of Somalia's population is forecast to face "crisis-level hunger or worse" this year due to drought and floods caused by climate change, the World Food Programme (WFP)

Canada PM Justin Trudeau’s climate strategy questioned after carbon tax dilution

By Nia Williams and Steve Scherer Ottawa (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sending mixed messages on climate policy, environment experts say, after he diluted his signature carbon

Global emissions set to fall only 2% by 2030 – UN report

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - Governments are making insufficient progress in slashing greenhouse gas emissions to avert the worst impacts of global warming, according to a United Nations report

US climate assessment lays out growing threats, opportunities as temperatures rise

By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Climate change harms Americans physically, mentally and financially, often hitting those who have done the least to cause it, including Black people facing

Iceland shields geothermal plant from risk of volcanic eruption

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Icelandic authorities were on Tuesday preparing to build defence walls around a geothermal power plant in the southwestern part of the country that they hope will protect it

China emissions could go into ‘structural decline’ next year – research

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's greenhouse emissions could start going into "structural decline" as early as next year as power generation from fossil fuels starts to fall, analysis from the

On Camera

Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

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.