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South Dakota bans use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) -South Dakota Governor Larry Rhoden signed a bill on Thursday banning the use of eminent domain for the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines, potentially endangering a $9

Butterfly populations plummet by 22% in US since turn of century

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes Antofagasta, Chile, EMSC says

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Antofagasta, Chile region , on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)said. The quake was at a depth of 93 km (57.79 miles), EMSC

South Africa records 16% drop in rhino poaching last year

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa recorded a roughly 16% drop in rhino poaching last year, with 420 animals killed for their horns versus 499 the previous year, the government said on Thursday.

After pushback from Congress & RSS affiliate, MP pulls forest restoration policy for more consultation

Under the draft policy, parcels of degraded forests were to be handed over to private companies or individual private investors for 60 years for restoration work.

Los Angeles County, Pasadena, sue Southern California Edison over wildfires

(Reuters) - The County of Los Angeles and City of Pasadena, along with other public entities, filed lawsuits against Edison International and its subsidiary Southern California Edison (SCE) on

Supreme Court wrestles with US agency’s nuclear waste storage licensing power

By Blake Brittain, John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license certain nuclear waste

US Supreme Court scrutinizes Texas nuclear waste storage case

By Blake Brittain and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court grappled on Wednesday over whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste storage

US Supreme Court hears Texas nuclear waste storage dispute

By Blake Brittain, John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court was hearing arguments on Wednesday on whether the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has the authority to license nuclear waste

Exclusive-US withdrawing from plan to help major polluters move from coal- sources

By Tim Cocks, Francesco Guarascio and Fransiska Nangoy (Reuters) - The United States is withdrawing from the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a collaboration between richer nations to help

On Camera

Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar didn’t have a cabaret-classical split. It was about genre, style

Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.

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.