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Colombia deforestation rose 35% in 2024, minister says

By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Deforestation in Colombia during 2024 rose 35% versus the previous year to 1,070 square kilometers (413 square miles), Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on

Turkey’s ruling party submits climate change bill to parliament

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party submitted to parliament on Thursday a climate change-related bill envisaging the establishment of a carbon market board and an

IMF, Pakistan to open $1 billion climate finance talks next week, says adviser

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund mission will arrive in Islamabad next week to discuss around $1 billion in climate financing for Pakistan, an adviser to the country's finance

Environmental groups sue to block Trump’s offshore drilling expansions

By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Environmental groups on Wednesday moved in court to block President Donald Trump’s administration from allowing offshore oil drilling along broad swaths of U.S. coastline, in

US EPA submits Biden approval of California EV plan to Congress

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Wednesday it has submitted the Biden administration's approval of California's landmark plan to end the sale of gasoline-only

Trump’s Army Corps seeks to fast-track 600 “emergency” projects through environmental review

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers has identified over 600 energy and other infrastructure projects that could be fast-tracked under President Donald Trump's

US Army Corps lists 600 “emergency” projects to bypass environmental review

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Army Corps of Engineers has identified over 600 energy and other infrastructure projects identified as national emergency priorities, enabling them to

Pair of large quakes rattle Texas oil patch, putting spotlight on water disposal

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) - Two large earthquakes that hit the Permian basin, the top U.S. oilfield, this week have rattled the Texas oil industry and put a fresh spotlight on the water

US EPA grants West Virginia authority to oversee carbon capture

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday formally gave West Virginia authority to oversee carbon capture projects in the state, the fourth state

Magnitude 5.9 quake strikes off Atacama, Chile, EMSC says

(Reuters) - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck off the coast of Atacama, Chile on Tuesday the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake's depth was 29 kilometres (18.02 miles)

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.