Environment

FILE PHOTO: Logo of Bayer AG is pictured at the annual results news conference of the German drugmaker in Leverkusen, Germany February 27, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo (Reuters) – Bayer AG has agreed on draft settlement terms with half a dozen law firms representing tens of thousands of plaintiffs alleging that its Roundup weedkiller causes

LONDON (Reuters) – Air pollution over northern Italy fell after the government introduced a nationwide lockdown to combat coronavirus, satellite imagery showed on Friday, in a new example of the pandemic’s potential impact on emissions. FILE PHOTO: The Allianz Tower, the Libeskind Tower and the Generali Tower are pictured amidst dense fog and smog in

A man rides a cart during a thunderstorm and heavy rains in Cairo, as the government announced a day off while the rain exceeds the infrastructure’s capacity in most cities, Egypt March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany CAIRO (Reuters) – Nearly 20 people have been killed in some of the worst storms to hit

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A cheetah strides up to third generation animal trainer Shandor Larenty and lets him stroke its fur while he throws chunks of meat to the rest of the coalition at the Johannesburg Lion & Safari park. Wildlife trainer Shandor Larenty feeds and pets a pride of lions at the Lion and Safari

KORB, Germany (Reuters) – One winemaker in southern Germany has succeeded in producing a small, but precious, quantity of ice wine after an unseasonably mild winter ruined the rest of the country’s harvest. Early vintages of ice wine are pictured next to the fermented must of the 2019 grape harvest at the Zimmerle vineyard in

(Reuters) – There is about a 65% chance that neutral weather conditions will prevail in the Northern Hemisphere this spring with no El Niño or La Niña, up from 60% last month, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation-neutral (ENSO) weather pattern is marked by average long-term ocean temperatures, tropical

WARSAW (Reuters) – Polish utilities, which generate power mostly from coal, may consider a reorganization similar to the one undertaken by their German peers, which have swapped assets to phase out coal and focus on green energy, the climate minister said. FILE PHOTO: COP 24 President Michal Kurtyka addresses during the opening of COP24 UN

LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s meat industry must adapt to the challenges posed by climate change and growing demand for plant-based alternatives or face ruin, according to a group of investors managing $20 trillion in assets. FILE PHOTO: Five-week-old weanlings at the National Centre for Livestock and the Environment in Glenlea, Manitoba, Canada August 14,

FILE PHOTO: Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the ”Europe Climate Strike” rally in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish teen Greta Thunberg, the founder of the Fridays for Future youth movement, on Wednesday called on fellow climate activists to move their weekly rallies online due to the

(Reuters) – A U.S. jury in California on Monday awarded the drivers of four Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) vehicles a total of $100,000 as punitive damages for being sold diesel vehicles that emitted excess pollution, although the amount awarded was a fraction of what was sought. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Volkswagen is pictured at the

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will modify the environmental supervision of companies to help the resumption of production disrupted by the coronavirus epidemic, giving firms more time to rectify environmental problems, but stressed it was not relaxing standards. FILE PHOTO: Smoke is seen from a chimney in Altay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China January 24, 2018.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Monday proposed a closer partnership with Africa to fight climate change and create jobs, but aid groups warned any new EU money would likely end up going toward stemming migration into Europe. FILE PHOTO: Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the

LONDON (Reuters) – Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the power sector fell by 2% last year, the biggest fall since at least 1990, owing to reduced coal usage in Europe and the United States, a study showed on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A disused coal-fired power station is destroyed via controlled explosion in Castrop Rauxel,

FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak leaves Downing Street in London, Britain February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is expected to double spending on flood defenses to 5.2 billion pounds ($6.78 billion) when finance minister Rishi Sunak delivers his budget, the Treasury said on Saturday, following

LONDON (Reuters) – Insurers are expected to pay policyholders an estimated 363 million pounds ($471.79 million) for flood and wind damage from two storms in Britain last month, the Association of British Insurers said on Saturday. A total of 82,000 claims have been received, the ABI said. The anticipated payout compares with 110 million pounds

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. renewable fuel credits fell more than 15% on Friday, traders said, after news the Trump administration plans to appeal a federal court decision that cast doubt on a program exempting small oil refineries from biofuel blending laws. The administration had previously intended to respond to the court decision by scaling