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EU says more needed to prepare for climate change risks

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union must step up preparations for climate change risks, as a hotter planet threatens everything from farming to financial stability, the European

US, Canada to review pollution of US waters by British Columbia coal mines

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Canada and the United States have agreed to review a long standing cross-border dispute that involves pollution from coal mines in the Canadian province of

EU Parliament passes weakened pollution limits for livestock farms

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to new rules to cut pollution from livestock farms, but only after agreeing with EU countries to make the law

Police remove Greta Thunberg from blocking Swedish parliament

By Ilze Filks STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Swedish police on Tuesday forcibly removed Greta Thunberg and other climate activists who were blocking the entrance to parliament for a second day. Two police

China’s emissions, efficiency targets under threat after falling short in 2023

By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China is falling short on key targets for tackling climate-warming emissions, and analysts said Beijing's credibility in global climate talks could be at risk

Top MIGA official warns of credit guarantee market fragmentation risks

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - A top World Bank group official has warned that the market for providing credit guarantees could become fragmented as a flood of new multilateral lenders starts

Texas challenges US EPA limits on oil and gas industry methane emissions

By Clark Mindock (Reuters) - Texas sued the U.S. government over Environmental Protection Agency rules published on Friday, that crack down on the oil and gas industry's releases of methane, a potent

US carbon pipeline company pledges no oil recovery, but Bakken drillers want it

By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Summit Carbon Solutions, which is trying to build the biggest carbon dioxide capture pipeline in the United States to transport and bury greenhouse gases, has repeatedly

Japan weather bureau says 80% chance El Nino will end in spring

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's weather bureau said on Monday that there was an 80% chance that the El Nino phenomenon would end during the Northern Hemisphere spring. The bureau also said there was a 40%

In Bolivia, heavy rains prompt authorities to declare state of emergency

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Heavy rains in Bolivia's La Paz prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency, a government document showed on Sunday, as an overflowing river destroyed many houses over the

On Camera

Have Hindus passed the test by letting Droupadi Murmu enter Ram temple? Not yet

The BJP needs Hindu unity for electoral benefit, that too in a caste-ridden religious society. That makes it go for reform, reconciliation, and samarasata.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.