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Greens sue California over changes to rooftop solar incentives

By Clark Mindock Environmental groups have sued California regulators over new rules they say will discourage the growth of rooftop solar installations, in violation of state law. Three groups filed a

Canada opens formal investigation into Imperial’s oil sands tailings leak

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's federal environment ministry on Thursday opened a formal investigation into a tailings leak at Imperial Oil's Kearl oil sands mine in northern Alberta.

Norway oil fund to back climate resolution at refiner Valero’s AGM

OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund, the world's largest stock market investor, said on Thursday it will vote in favour of a shareholder resolution calling on U.S. refiner

Climate shocks could push 3 million Brazilians into extreme poverty, says World Bank

By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Climate shocks could push millions of Brazilians into extreme poverty by 2030, a report by the World Bank on Thursday said, urging the country to accelerate

Exclusive-Venezuela’s oil tankers at risk of sinking, fires, spills, report finds

By Mircely Guanipa PUNTO FIJO (Reuters) - More than half of the 22 oil tankers in Venezuela's fleet are so run down that they should be immediately repaired or taken out of service, according to an

Water fight: Farms, wildlife at risk as Spanish wetland shrinks

By Elena Rodriguez and Guillermo Martinez EL ROCIO, Spain (Reuters) - Spain's Donana wetland has been a rich farming area for decades and a wildlife haven for centuries, but climate change is drying

82% Indians ‘alarmed’ or ‘concerned’ about global warming, says Yale-CVoter survey

Report by Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and CVoter International, released Thursday, based on telephone survey of 4,619 Indians from October 2021 to January 2022.

Exxon, Guyana’s environmental agency in breach of oil-spill insurance -court

By Kiana Wilburg GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - An Exxon Mobil unit is in breach of insurance obligations for its first offshore oil project in Guyana in part due to errors by the environmental regulator, a

Exclusive-U.S. climate envoy Kerry says China has invited him for talks

By Alexander Ratz, Sarah Marsh and Valerie Volcovici BERLIN (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said on Wednesday China has invited him to visit "in the near term" for talks on averting a global

Colombia oil regulator to invest $135 million in renewable energy

By Oliver Griffin BARRANQUILLA (Reuters) - Colombia's National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) will invest more than $135 million in growing its knowledge of renewable energy options, the agency's new

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

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.