Texas power use breaks record in heat wave -ERCOT
(Reuters) – Power use in Texas hit a preliminary all-time high on Tuesday as homes and businesses cranked up air…
Environment
Global initiative launched to rate corporate carbon offset claims
By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – A standard to assess companies’ claims about progress towards internal climate targets and their…
US targets Wagner Group in curbs on gold firms suspected of funding mercenary force
By Daphne Psaledakis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States took aim at Russia’s Wagner Group and imposed…
Factbox-A look at the US Supreme Court’s major rulings this year
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a number of important rulings during its current term that began…
MVP pipeline foes say Congress can’t ‘mandate victory’ for the project
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A provision of the U.S. debt ceiling bill that streamlined the federal approval process for…
Sick sea lions washing ashore in California due to algae bloom
By Omar Younis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Rescued from the beach, a sick sea lion and her newborn pup are…
Canada launches first-ever climate adaptation strategy
By Nia Williams (Reuters) – Canada launched its first-ever national climate adaptation strategy on Tuesday, aimed at reducing the risk…
U.S. debt investors as climate-focused as European peers, survey finds
By Tommy Wilkes LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. asset managers factor greenhouse gas emissions and other climate risks into their debt…
New scheme aims to get vaccines to outbreaks faster – Gavi
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Three global health bodies are teaming up to investigate stockpiling experimental vaccines for rare…
Reckitt creates ‘air sanitizing spray’ effective against coronavirus
By Richa Naidu LONDON (Reuters) – Reckitt’s Lysol disinfectant brand said on Tuesday that it would start selling in the…