Fire protection company Kidde-Fenwal files for bankruptcy citing PFAS lawsuits
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Kidde-Fenwal Inc, a subsidiary of Carrier Global Corp that specializes in fire control systems, filed…
Environment
Fair access to proper housing can boost economic growth – report
By Marine Strauss BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Providing equitable access to appropriate housing in slums and other informal settlements could massively…
Platinum facing biggest deficit in years as carmakers snap up metal
LONDON (Reuters) – Rising demand from automakers, industry and investors will push the global platinum market into its biggest deficit…
In South America’s remote Chaco, deforestation uproots natural rhythms
By Agustin Marcarian GRAN CHACO, Argentina (Reuters) – In the vast Chaco forests of northern Argentina, Noole rests from the…
Chile’s firefighting goats protect a native forest from deadly blazes
By Juan Gonzalez SANTA JUANA, Chile (Reuters) – In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires…
Nepali sherpa becomes world’s second person to scale Everest 26 times
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Nepali sherpa guide climbed Mount Everest for the 26th time on Sunday, hiking…
Canada’s Alberta faces more wildfires amid hot, dry weather
By Ismail Shakil and Anna Mehler Paperny OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s main oil-producing province of Alberta faces an upsurge in wildfire…
Norfolk Southern train got alarm before Pennsylvania derailment -NTSB
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed near New Castle, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday night received…
A week after Congo floods, volunteers dig through debris for bodies
By Crispin Kyala BUSHUSHU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – With shovels, sticks and bare hands, Red Cross volunteers struggled…
Exclusive-IAEA chief aims to present Zaporizhzhia deal to UN this month -diplomats
By John Irish and Francois Murphy PARIS/VIENNA (Reuters) – U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi plans to present an agreement…