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EU to push for COP28 deal on phasing out fossil fuels

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries' climate ministers on Monday approved the bloc's negotiating position for this year's U.N. COP28 climate summit, agreeing to push for a world-first deal

COP29 climate talks without a home after Russian opposition

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Russia's opposition to holding next year's United Nations climate summit in a European Union country has left nations scrambling to find an alternative in time to

EU countries back targets to slash truck CO2 emissions

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries backed tougher CO2 emissions targets for heavy goods vehicles on Monday, requiring new trucks to slash their emissions by 90% by 2040, but

Brazil drought reduces Amazon river port water levels to 121-yr record low

By Bruno Kelly and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) -The water level at a major river port in Brazil's Amazon rainforest hit its lowest point in at least 121 years on Monday, as a historic drought

Greenpeace activists scale tower of Bulgarian coal-fired plant, demanding its closure

DIMITROVGRAD, Bulgaria (Reuters) - Greenpeace activists scaled the cooling tower of a coal-fired power plant in Bulgaria on Monday in protest over its pollution, demanding its immediate closure. The

EU Commission proposes measures to curb microplastic pollution from pellets

By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission proposed measures on Monday to prevent microplastic pollution from the spillage of plastic pellets into the environment. Measures

Russia joins China’s curbs on Japan fish, seafood imports

MOSCOW/TOKYO (Reuters) - Russia has joined China in imposing restrictions on the import of fish and seafood from Japan, Russia's agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said on Monday. Japan started

EU wrangles over negotiating stance for COP28 climate summit

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union countries' climate ministers meet on Monday to decide the bloc's negotiating position for this year's COP28 summit - but they are still split over

How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers

Oil companies and their political allies are taking the onus off themselves to make changes to their fossil fuel production, consumption and exploitation practices.

Canada’s top court sides with Alberta over Trudeau’s environmental impact law

By Nia Williams and Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's Supreme Court on Friday ruled a federal law assessing how major infrastructure projects like coal mines and oil sands plants impact the

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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.