World Bank’s new chief Banga to sharpen focus on projects with measurable impact
By David Lawder LIMA (Reuters) – World Bank President Ajay Banga wants the lender to focus on more “scalable, replicable”…
Environment
Australia mourns 10 wedding guests killed in bus accident
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Tuesday mourned the 10 people who were killed when a chartered bus carrying wedding guests rolled…
Fossil fuel company net zero plans “largely meaningless” – report
(Adds link to report, fixes typographical error) By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – The number of fossil…
Body recovered from rubble of Philadelphia I-95 highway collapse
By Brendan O’Brien and Jarrett Renshaw PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Human remains were recovered on Monday from a fallen overpass on Interstate…
BlackRock fund targets greening of materials sector
By Clara Denina and Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock on Tuesday launched the “Brown to Green Materials Fund” targeting…
Western Canada covered in smoke as wildfires loosen grip on Quebec
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – Smoke shrouded Western Canada on Monday as wildfires flared again in the main oil-producing…
EU chief sees Mercosur deal this year, Lula fears environmental sanctions
By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) -European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday said the EU hopes to finalize…
One man dead after tour boat capsizes in New York cave
(Reuters) – One man died and several people suffered minor injuries after their boat capsized during a tour of a…
Jury finds Berkshire’s PacifiCorp unit liable in 2020 Oregon wildfires
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – An Oregon jury on Monday found the utility PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire…
Rich US subsidies may hobble Canada’s clean-fuel efforts
By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Canadian biofuels producers are threatening to build their next projects in the United…