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High river temperatures to limit French nuclear power production

By Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) - Output restrictions are expected at two nuclear plants along the Rhone river in eastern France due to high temperature forecasts, nuclear operator EDF said,

BHP, Vale in London court confrontation over Brazil dam damages

LONDON (Reuters) - Mining giants BHP Group and Vale faced off in a London court on Wednesday over who should accept legal and financial responsibility in a potential 36 billion pound ($44 billion)

S.Korea’s Yoon asks Japan for OK to send experts to monitor Fukushima water release

By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol asked to send South Korean experts to monitor the planned release of water from Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant

EU Parliament passes nature law after political backlash

By Kate Abnett and Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament voted to pass the EU's flagship law to restore nature on Wednesday, salvaging the environmental measures that

Rain to raise Rhine river levels in Germany; north still too shallow

HAMBURG (Reuters) - Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany are rising after heavy rain in southern regions but are still too shallow in northern and central areas for cargo vessels to sail fully

Britain to remove limits on civil penalties for polluters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain on Wednesday said it would remove the current 250,000 pound ($322,375) limit on fines that can be issued to polluters by environmental regulators and increase the number of

Vermont capital submerged in floodwaters with dam on verge of capacity

By Brian Snyder and Rich McKay MONTPELIER, Vermont (Reuters) - A dam upstream from the Vermont state capital was holding at maximum capacity on Tuesday after "catastrophic" flooding shut down roadways

Vermont reservoir threatens to overflow as floods lash state capital

By Brendan O'Brien and Rich McKay (Reuters) - Another round of heavy downpours in Vermont on Tuesday raised the threat of water from a reservoir spilling over a dam protecting the state's capital city

Texas power demand to hit record highs again as heat bakes state

(Reuters) - Texas' power grid operator projected electricity use would break records again this week as homes and business crank up their air conditioners to cope with another brutal summer heatwave.

U.S. NHC says 30% chance of cyclone east-northeast of Bermuda

(Reuters) - A low pressure system located several hundred miles east-northeast of Bermuda has a 30% chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC)

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Iran war has given India a blueprint for the next conflict

Pakistan would be itching to do an Iran on us and China would be planning to execute an air campaign without allowing us asymmetrical escalation. India has no choice but to transform.

Haryana’s new industrial policy in the works, but industry says old problems remain unsolved

Increase in employment subsidy, Rs 500 crore for estate revamp, new townships in pipeline—but land cost, power breakdowns and inspector raj top among key worries for industry leaders.

Military pushes for private participation in space, more Indian satellites. ‘Can’t rely on single entity’ 

CDS Anil Chauhan says future space capability will not be built by government agencies alone. ‘It will be co-developed with industry, start-ups, and technology innovators’.

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.