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US to rescind Biden highway climate rule for states

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it plans to rescind a climate rule adopted by the administration of former President Joe Biden requiring

IEA comes under pressure from former oil market chief to cut energy transition focus

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Energy Agency's former oil industry and market chief criticized the agency's focus on the global energy transition in a report released on

Majority of US Senate votes to confirm Zeldin as EPA head

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, tasked with rolling

US Senate confirms Zeldin as EPA adminstrator

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted 56-42 to confirm former Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, tasked with rolling

LA rescue teams still trying to reunite pets with families after fires

By Lisa Richwine and Jackie Luna LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fluffy gray cat peered out of the window of a home that was spared the wrath of the Palisades Fire this month. Just next door, a house had

New York says 1 million fewer vehicles have entered Manhattan since congestion pricing start

(Reuters) - New York's congestion pricing has led to 1 million total fewer vehicles entering Manhattan and cut commuting times since the program began on Jan. 5, a transit agency said Wednesday. The

New report urges IEA to turn away from energy transition focus

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The International Energy Agency needs to revamp how it writes its annual energy outlook to reflect real-world scenarios, not to bolster its current focus on

New report aims to turn IEA away from energy transition focus

By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The International Energy Agency needs to revamp how it writes its annual energy outlook to reflect real-world scenarios, not to bolster its current focus on

Spain’s Moeve set to start work on green hydrogen plant this year

By Marwa Rashad LONDON (Reuters) - Spain's decision not to extend an energy windfall tax provides the regulatory certainty, Moeve, the country's second-largest oil company, needed to start building

UK climate protesters challenge jail sentences in landmark appeals

By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) - More than a dozen British climate activists challenged their sentences on Wednesday, arguing their jail terms of up to five years failed to reflect their conscientious

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.