PARIS (Reuters) – The suspect in a knife attack in which four toddlers and two pensioners that wounded in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday has been placed in detention, the local prosecutor said on Saturday. The suspect is under formal investigation for attempted murder and resisting arrest with a weapon, the prosecutor…
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) – Wildfires spread in the western Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday, while in the east, Quebec said it would start efforts to control blazes that have sent smoke billowing across North American cities. Canada is enduring its worst start to the wildfire season, with 2,392 fires so far…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – One of the first climate change trials in U.S. history is set to kick off on Monday in Helena, Montana, where 16 young people are seeking to hold the state accountable for fossil fuel-friendly policies that they say have exacerbated global warming and dimmed their futures. Lawyers for the young…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Shareholder support for proxy resolutions on topics including climate change and workforce diversity dropped significantly this spring, analysts said, as tough proposals from activists met with growing political pressure on fund firms’ voting. Halfway through the shareholder annual meetings of Russell 3000 companies, average support for voted resolutions on environmental…
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – The mass of smoky air that choked New York, Washington and other U.S. cities earlier this week moderated on Friday as it drifted as far south as the Florida Panhandle, and conditions improved to “moderate” along most of the Eastern Seabord. The U.S. National Weather Service said air…
By Kanishka Singh and Brad Brooks WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The shroud of polluted air emanating from Canadian wildfires pushed further down the Atlantic Seaboard on Thursday, blanketing Washington, D.C., in an unhealthy haze and prompting many residents of the nation’s capital to stay indoors. Traffic was light and trains less crowded than usual as many companies…
HOLA PRYSTAN, Russian-controlled Ukraine (Reuters) – Pensioner Maria Mikhailovna says she was woken by her husband in the middle of the night to find their belongings underwater after the collapse of Ukraine’s giant Nova Kakhovka Dam. “The water in the house was at waist level. At midnight everything had been dry – both inside and…
By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) – Lab-grown meat producer Uncommon said on Friday it had raised $30 million from investors including OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman. The British-based company’s latest funding round was led by Balderton Capital and Lowercarbon Capital. Others investors included Red Alpine, East Alpha, early stage investor Sam Altman, Miray Zaki and…
By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) – Colorado’s costliest wildfire on record started from fierce winds that damaged power lines and unearthed smoldering embers from a controlled burn days earlier, sparking two blazes that merged into a deadly conflagration, authorities said on Thursday. Investigators found a variety of human and weather-related factors combined to spark the…
By Arriana McLymore and Deborah Mary Sophia (Reuters) -Amazon.com said on Thursday that it was cutting delivery routes short for drivers in places affected by poor air quality, while Target also said its contactless order pickup service may not operate in the most affected areas. Hundreds of forest fires are burning across much of Canada…
