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Trump administration begins effort to reverse EPA vehicle rules

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it is beginning the effort to reverse the Biden administration's vehicle emissions rules that would force automakers

EPA moves to unwind over two dozen US air, water regulations

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration announced a wave of regulatory rollbacks on Wednesday that included a repeal of emissions limits on power plants, reduced

US EPA to reconsider Biden clean power plant rule

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Wednesday it plans to reconsider a Biden administration regulation that sought to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power

Exclusive-Trump administration plans to give dirty US coal plants a reprieve on soot

By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration intends to overturn pollution rules aimed at reducing soot emissions from U.S. coal-fired power plants in a move intended to help

EPA moves to narrow regulation of US waterways

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced that it will narrow the definition of waters that can be federally regulated to comply with

Bank climate coalition seeks to overhaul rules, chair says

By Virginia Furness and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - The world's leading climate coalition for the banking sector is canvassing members over changes to its rules, its chair told Reuters, following

Earthquake of magnitude 5.6 strikes Philippine islands region, GFZ says

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck the region of the Philippine islands on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles),

EU lawmaker group to challenge combustion engine ban this year

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament's biggest lawmaker group said on Wednesday it will attempt to overturn the European Union's main climate policy for cars - a 2035 ban on

Container ship captain arrested after UK tanker crash

By Phil Noble WITHERNSEA, England (Reuters) - British police arrested the captain of a cargo ship on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter on Tuesday, a day after the vessel crashed into a tanker

Trump cuts target world-leading greenhouse gas observatory in Hawaii

By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is considering cancelling the lease of the support office for a renowned Hawaiian climate research station, sources said, raising fears for

On Camera

I turned up at Asha Bhosle’s door as a fan. She invited me home

The words she wrote in our autograph book echo in my mind now: 'Mar kar bhi jo jeete hain, wohi jeete hain'—The only lives worth living are those remembered long after death.

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.