(Repeats to add link to report in paragraph 2) By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) -Glaciers in Asia’s Hindu Kush Himalaya could lose up to 75% of their volume by century’s end due to global warming, causing both dangerous flooding and water shortages for the 240 million people who live in the mountainous region, according to a…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered Canadian energy company Enbridge to shutter portions of an oil pipeline that runs through tribal land in Wisconsin within three years and to pay the tribe nearly $5.2 million for trespassing plus a portion of its profits until the shutdown is completed. U.S. District Judge…
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Automakers and other consumers of critical minerals should invest in Australia’s materials processing industry to secure ethical long-term supply that can weather geopolitical disruptions, the Australian resources minister said on Tuesday. One of the world’s biggest suppliers of raw minerals, Australia unfurled a landmark strategy on Tuesday that outlines…
By Leigh Thomas and Simon Jessop PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron hosts a summit on Thursday and Friday to pin down a roadmap for easing the debt burdens of low-income countries while freeing up more funds for climate financing. The summit brings dozens of leaders together in the French capital to forge a…
(Reuters) – A tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands has a 50% chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. “Environmental conditions appear favorable for further development of this system, and a tropical depression could form in…
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he thinks relations between the United States and China are on the “right trail” and suggested progress was made during a rare trip to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “We’re on the right trail here,” Biden said of U.S.-China relations. Asked…
By Kate Abnett LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) -European Union countries failed on Monday to agree on planned new rules for the bloc’s power market, having clashed over a proposal to extend subsidies for coal plants under the reform, and a push to expand state aid for other power plants. EU energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg ended talks…
By Karolina Tagaris MALAKASA, Greece (Reuters) -The suspected smugglers of scores of migrants who drowned in a Mediterranean Sea shipwreck last week are expected to face manslaughter charges in a Greek court this week, while Pakistan detained a dozen suspects over the disaster. Greece recovered three more bodies on Monday, bringing the confirmed toll to…
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis on Monday, the first official to have a private audience with him since his discharge from hospital, and told Reuters that he found the pontiff “in great spirits and in great form”. Francis, 86, left Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Friday, nine days after…
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada is investing C$350 million ($265 million) to help fund efforts to make the aerospace industry more environmentally sustainable, Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Monday. The focus will be on hybrid and alternative propulsion, aircraft systems, the transition to alternative fuels, and aircraft support infrastructure, he said in a statement. “(This)…
