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Factbox-Industry targets of U.S. Republicans’ anti-ESG efforts

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) - Republican federal and state lawmakers, governors, and attorneys general are pushing back on growing efforts by investors and executives to include environmental, social and

How the U.S. Clean Air Act lets closed coal plants keep polluting for years

By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) - Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered

‘Must accelerate climate action,’ says UN after WMO finds 2022 broke records for heatwaves, ice melts & rainfall

World Meteorological Organisation's State of Global Environment 2022 report says that despite cooling effect of La Nina, global warming reached 1.15 degrees above pre-industrial levels.

Biden signs executive order on ‘environmental justice’

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order directing every single federal agency to work toward "environmental justice for all" and improve the

Pollution, bird flu threaten ‘very fragile’ Chilean dolphin population

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Growing pollution, industrial activities and now bird flu are threatening the Chilean dolphin, one of the world's smallest cetaceans, in the cold Pacific waters off Chile's

France confirms S-metolachlor weedkiller ban with 18-month deadline

PARIS (Reuters) - France will proceed with a ban on major crop uses of weedkiller S-metolachlor owing to concerns over water pollution, with farmers able to use the product for another 18 months, the

Pace of rise in global sea level has doubled -UN climate report

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) - Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements in 1993-2002 and touched a new record high last year, the World

U.S. vice president to visit Miami, announce $562 million climate investment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris planned to visit Miami on Friday, a White House official said, as she announces a $562 million investment in helping communities become more

Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes northern Molucca Sea region – GFZ

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck in the northern Molucca Sea region near Indonesia on Friday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2

Biden to sign executive order on ‘environmental justice’

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to sign on Friday an executive order directing federal agencies to put more focus on environmental polices that do harm to communities, according

On Camera

The Bengal voter is silent. Is it fear or quiet determination?

The silence may have to do with the state’s history of political violence. During the 2021 post-poll violence, BJP leaders 'ran away leaving their voters at the mercy of the mob'.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

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.