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Philippines lower house approves bill taxing single-use plastics

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' lower house of Congress approved on Monday a measure that would slap taxes on single-use plastics, in step with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's commitment to tackle

The world is watching us, says COP27 president, eyeing climate deal

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's COP27 President Sameh Shoukry told the climate summit on Monday that he wanted a comprehensive climate deal with "meaningful outcomes" agreed by Friday and

Equinor starts production at Norwegian floating wind farm

OSLO (Reuters) - The Hywind Tampen floating offshore wind farm off the west coast of Norway, which will supply power to oil and gas fields and cut their emissions, started producing its first power on

How Ocean data innovation helps transform the seas—WhaleSafe to EU Digital Twin

The next wave of change in ocean understanding will come from not just increasing the volume of ocean data, but improving our ability to discover and connect it.

Mexico’s Pemex to work with EPA to bring down methane emissions

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican state oil company Pemex said Saturday that it would work with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - especially methane -

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Nepal region – EMSC

(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck in Nepal on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), EMSC said. (

Why definition of climate finance remains a major bone of contention at COP27 talks

The interest in keeping the definition of climate finance ambiguous maintains the status quo, where a majority of loans can pass off as climate finance, say experts.  

Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Guatemala, no damage reported

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala late on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, though there were no immediate reports of damage. The USGS said that the

COP27-US targets methane in ‘relentless’ emissions focus

By Valerie Volcovici SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden's administration plans to toughen a crackdown on oil and gas industry methane leaks as part of a "relentless focus" on

Explainer-How Reuters analyzed emission rates for U.S. campus power plants

By Tim McLaughlin and M.B. Pell (Reuters) - U.S. colleges like to stress their green credentials. Many also use some of the dirtiest fuels to power their campuses - and crank out pollution at higher

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Support reducing for Kolkata doctors. Mamata is not the only one who has to course correct

West Bengal is ready to welcome its daughter home for Durga Puja, but the family is unable to keep the deep-rooted discord within from spilling out. At its head is Mamata Banerjee.

How Modi govt’s Atmanirbhar policy could have hobbled BSNL’s efforts to catch up in 4G race

Restrictions on use of equipment from global vendors have necessitated new indigenous technology being developed, tested & deployed—further delaying BSNL's 4G & 5G launch.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?