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Battle over power pylons highlights Britain’s net zero challenge

By Elizabeth Piper WAVENEY VALLEY, England (Reuters) - Dot Matthie says she faces losing the use of the airstrip in her field because of a British government plan to build electricity pylons in the

Israel aims to boost Red Sea oil deliveries despite environmental risks

By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to allow more oil tankers to dock at a Red Sea port in Eilat despite environmental risks, as it strives to maintain energy security amid conflict

Factbox-Over 196,000 still without power in Texas and Arkansas after storms

(Reuters) - More than 196,000 homes and businesses in Texas and Arkansas were still without power on Thursday after storms battered the region earlier in the week, according to meteorologists and data

Support for Spanish gas plants is ‘urgent’, industry body says

MADRID (Reuters) - Supporting Spanish gas-fired plants with capacity mechanisms is "urgent and necessary", Joan Batalla, president of industry body Sedigas, said on Thursday. With intermittent

EU agrees to quit energy investment treaty over climate concerns

By Kate Abnett and Diana Mandia BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union countries unanimously agreed on Thursday to quit an international energy treaty over concerns that it protects fossil fuel

Why has desilting of Rajasthan’s Bisalpur Dam become point of contention between govt & activists

SC has lifted the ban on desilting activities in the dam in Tonk, but environmentalists say it was filled to capacity only 3-4 times, making it less prone to effects of silt formation.

Monsoon arrives in Kerala 2 days early, advances to most parts of northeast

Met department expects it to be above normal, 106% of the long-period average.

Factbox-Storms leave more than 275,000 without power in Texas, other states

(Reuters) - More than 275,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other U.S. states were without power on Thursday as storms battered the region since the long Memorial Day holiday weekend,

Global shift to renewables slowed in 2023, policy group says

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The global shift to renewables in major energy-consuming sectors slowed in 2023, hindered by regulatory gaps, political pressures and a failure to set clear targets, a policy

Factbox-Over 400,000 customers without power in Texas, other states from storms

(Reuters) - More than 400,000 homes and businesses in Texas, Kentucky and other U.S. states were without power on Wednesday as storms continued to batter the region since the long Memorial Day holiday

On Camera

NTA was supposed to rescue exams from ‘Munna Bhais’. Now it’s part of the problem

National Testing Agency’s charter is to assess the 'competence of candidates' for admission and recruitment, but NEET and UGC-NET firestorms have put its own competency in question.

Fewer millionaires set to emigrate this yr, India produces ‘far more’ than those leaving — Henley report

The report predicts net emigration of 4,300 millionaires in 2024, lower than the outflow in 2023 & 2022. Congress has raised concerns about the outflow of HNIs from the country.

Army hospital commandant says no misuse of disability pension grant. ‘Scrutiny at all levels’

Lt Gen Nilakantan says revised Entitlement Rules & Guide to Medical Officers for pensions had been revised to rationalise disability classification, quantification & granting of disability.

Modi’s new universe: the normal irritants of democracy & awkward chai with Rahul Gandhi

Changed reality for Modi govt in its 3rd innings is by no means rise of a new phenomenon. It's a return to old normal where even majorities had to routinely wrestle with storied million mutinies.