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Imperial Oil CEO apologises for tailings leaks in Ottawa grilling

By Nia Williams (Reuters) - Imperial Oil's chief executive apologised to Canadian lawmakers on Thursday for toxic tailings leaks at its Kearl oil sands mine and conceded the company had been "

Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions rose 2% in FY21/22 as economy recovered

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's greenhouse gas emissions rose 2.0% in the year through March 2022, the first increase in eight years, government data showed on Friday, as industrial activity picked up from

US settles air pollution cases with three natural gas processors

By Timothy Gardner and Costas Pitas (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday said it had agreed on separate settlements worth about $25 million in total with three natural gas processors to

Tornadoes rip through central Oklahoma, killing at least 3

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -Teams of emergency crews on Thursday picked through flattened homes left in the wake of a powerful tornado that killed at least three people in central Oklahoma a day

U.S. settles air pollution cases with three natural gas processors

By Timothy Gardner and Costas Pitas (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Thursday said it had agreed on separate settlements worth about $25 million in total with three natural gas processors to

Copper industry warns of looming supply gap without more mines

By Ernest Scheyder SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The world's appetite for copper to build most electronic devices will exceed supply over the next decade and imperil climate targets unless dozens of new mines

U.S. announces settlements with three natural gas processors over air quality

(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday said they had agreed on separate settlements with three natural gas processors to reduce air pollution and

Insect poop is turning parts of Taj Mahal green, again. Environmentalists say root cause is ‘dying Yamuna’

Yamuna's sewage-filled waters are breeding ground of Chironomus Calligraphus. Males exhibit swarming behaviour while mating, and deposit their droppings on monument's pearly white surface.

Western Balkans see boom in solar energy but grids unprepared

By Daria Sito-Sucic and Ognien Teofilovski SKOPJE (Reuters) - Western Balkan nations are seeing a boom in solar energy investment, which could help ease a power crisis that had threatened a shift away

EU, Norway plan cooperation on carbon capture, hydrogen, draft shows

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and Norway aim to work together to develop infrastructure to capture and store CO2 emissions and scale up renewable hydrogen production in Europe

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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.