By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 27 Senate Republicans on Thursday called on the Biden administration to drop its plan to drastically cut vehicle emissions through 2032 and ramp up electric vehicle sales. In a letter led by Senator Shelley Moore Capito, lawmakers said the administration plan will “effectively mandate a costly transition…
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Increased political resistance to new EU laws to protect the environment has left the European Commission fighting to keep intact its vision for Europe’s green transition. Ahead of elections in the European Parliament in June next year, the European Union is racing to finish legislation that includes two landmark…
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Guam weathered its most powerful storm in years without major damage on Thursday after Super Typhoon Mawar unleashed winds of up to 150 mph (240 kph) and torrential rain on the Western Pacific Island. All but 1,000 of the island’s 52,000 homes and businesses lost power, according to the Guam Power…
By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Western Australia state has agreed to compensate an Aboriginal group for historic acts including issuing mining leases on their traditional lands, setting a precedent that is set to allow Indigenous groups a greater say in future developments. The state has been strengthening its laws to protect Indigenous cultural heritage…
By Paul Lienert and Nick Carey DETROIT/BICESTER, England (Reuters) – British electric van startup Arrival, which has hit many road bumps in its quest to become the next Tesla Inc, now hopes huge subsidies from the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act and a second reverse merger will give it a fresh shot at survival. Since it…
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The world’s two biggest palm oil producers Indonesia and Malaysia will send top officials to the European Union next week to voice concern over a new deforestation law they believe could be detrimental to small farming businesses. Indonesia and Malaysia accounts for about 85% of global palm oil exports and the EU…
TOKYO (Reuters) – Automakers, including Toyota and Volkswagen, should decarbonise their steel supply and cut back on the material’s consumption by reducing the size of vehicle models, Greenpeace said on Thursday. As a transition to battery-powered cars brings down the amount of greenhouse gases that are released during the usage of a vehicle, a growing…
(Reuters) – New York state’s power grid met about 20% of its electricity demand with energy from the sun for one hour last week, marking the highest ever output from solar generation, the grid operator said on Tuesday. A record-setting 3,330 megawatts (MW) of solar power was produced during the noon hour on May 18,…
By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) -German authorities on Wednesday searched 15 properties nationwide in an investigation into protests by Last Generation climate activists who have caused large-scale disruption by gluing themselves to roads and blocking rush-hour traffic. Amid the protests in recent months, Berlin’s ruling coalition, including the environmentalist Greens, has been arguing over…
By Hannah Confino and Ari Rabinovitch TEL AVIV (Reuters) – A deadly epidemic that is spreading through the Red Sea has killed off an entire species of sea urchin in the Gulf of Aqaba, imperilling the region’s uniquely resilient coral reefs, an Israeli research team has found. The whole population of black sea urchins, a…
