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IDB, Banco do Brasil plan $250 million credit line for Amazon rainforest

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The Inter-American Development Bank and Brazilian state-run lender Banco do Brasil said on Thursday they had signed a letter of intent to create a $250 million credit line to

Brazil favela activist plants green roofs to combat heat wave

By Ricardo Moraes RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Luis Cassiano climbs a ladder and gently places small bundles of plants on a tin rooftop in a poor Rio de Janeiro neighborhood. The 53-year-old Brazilian

US NHC says 50% chance of cyclone formation near Florida peninsula

(Reuters) - A tropical system located several hundred miles east of the Florida peninsula has a 50% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on

Climeworks eyes Kenya project to capture carbon dioxide from air

By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) - Climeworks is exploring the development of a large-scale direct air capture (DAC) project in Kenya to remove and store carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with

US environment agency calls for bids for $4.6 billion in grants to cut emissions

(Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday invited bids from state, local, and tribal governments for $4.6 billion in grants to implement climate action plans to lower

9 Indian projects to cut carbon emissions ‘worthless’, finds climate change report

NGO Corporate Accountability & 'The Guardian' analyse data of top 50 carbon offset projects in the world and identify 39 as not accounting for cutting any extra greenhouse emissions.

EU’s carbon mechanism to fuel large rise in steel import costs, says WoodMac

By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) - The EU's carbon emissions scheme is likely to significantly raise the costs of steel imports from India and China once it is fully implemented in 2034, while

IOM says at least 43,059 people displaced by floods in Libya

DUBAI (Reuters) - The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday at least 43,059 people have been displaced by severe floods in northeastern Libya. In a post on X, formerly known

1 yr of Project Cheetah: 14 big cats imported to India set for release into wild, newborn under care

Project has seen 6 cheetahs die of 20 translocated from Africa. Animals were initially released into the wild of MP's Kuno national park but later quarantined after 3 died of septicemia.

New UN ocean treaty signed by 67 countries, implementation still awaits

The agreement will create ocean sanctuaries where fishing will be prohibited, and also ensure human activity on the high seas is subject to environmental impact assessments.

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.