Environment

FILE PHOTO: Ford logo is pictured at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said Wednesday Canadian officials have opened a preliminary investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process. Ford said in its annual report Environment and Climate Change Canada has

ITO, Japan (Reuters) – Sinking into the steamy hot springs, the giant rodents of Izu Shaboten Koen flick their ears and close their eyes against the camera clicks of fascinated onlookers, drifting into a hazy midday nap. Capybaras sit inside a hot tub full of apples at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Ito, Japan February 1,

OTTAWA (Reuters) – The Canadian government will collect billions of dollars in direct revenue from its federal carbon pricing system over the next four years, but most of the country’s households will still receive more in rebates than they initially pay, Canada’s budgetary watchdog said on Tuesday. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during Question

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Premier League – Watford v Manchester United – Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain – December 22, 2019 General view of Sky Sports microphones before the match. REUTERS/David Klein/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – European pay-TV group Sky has pledged to go net zero carbon by 2030 by cutting the emissions created by

NAIROBI (Reuters) – Swarms of desert locusts could ravage more countries in eastern Africa and threaten the livelihood of many more people, the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: Desert locusts are seen within a grazing land in Lemasulani village, Samburu County, Kenya January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi The

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A crude oil spill near Baytown, Texas, has restarted after earlier being contained, U.S. Coast Guard officials said in an updated statement on Sunday. About 630 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in Tabbs Bay and approximately one mile (1.6 km) of shoreline has been affected, officials said. The cause of the spill

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India aims to boost solar power generation by encouraging the installation of panels along rail tracks and on barren land, the finance minister said on Saturday as the country looks to cut its carbon footprint and accelerate clean energy production. FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen inside the premises of Jaisalmer

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Firefighters kept wild blazes fueled by strong winds and soaring temperatures from reaching suburban areas of Australia’s capital, Canberra, using airdrops of fire retardant to create a 2.5-kilometre (1.55-mile) long defensive line late on Saturday. A plane releases fire retardant on a field during bushfires near Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia, February

LONDON (Reuters) – British politician Claire O’Neill will no longer serve as president of a major U.N. climate summit taking place in Glasgow in November and her replacement will be confirmed shortly, the UK government said on Friday. “Preparations will continue at pace for the summit, and a replacement will be confirmed shortly,” said a

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities warned on Friday of severe fire danger in densely populated areas this weekend, declaring a state of emergency in the capital, Canberra, as soaring temperatures and strong whipped up huge, unpredictable blazes. FILE PHOTO: Melted metal from a vehicle destroyed in the recent bushfires is pictured in Conjola Park, New

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Environmental groups said on Thursday they plan to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate aircraft emissions after a 2016 agency determination that those emissions pose a danger to public health. The Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth, represented by Earthjustice, filed a notice of intent

NAGOTHANE, India (Reuters) – Reliance Industries, India’s largest petchem player, is launching a project to use plastics in road construction, amid growing concerns over pollution in the country of 1.3 billion whose major cities are often plagued with smog and litter. FILE PHOTO: A bird flies amidst smog near India’s Presidential Palace in New Delhi,

NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – Partly blinded by shotgun pellets still lodged in his head, Jaabars the snow leopard licks his paw inside a rescue shelter cage after life-saving surgery. Jaabars the snow leopard, that was found wounded in a forest by the town of Talas earlier this month, rests in a cage during rehabilitation at

LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) committed itself on Tuesday to have net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the British government’s own target which it said “isn’t soon enough”. FILE PHOTO: Signage for Sainsbury’s is seen at a branch of the supermarket in London, Britain, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) – A magnitude 5.4 quake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Monday, Iranian state TV reported. State TV did not report any information on possible damage or casualties from the quake, which hit near the town of Khane Zenian. Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Kevin Liffey Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – One in two Australians have donated money to support bushfire relief efforts, a new survey showed over the weekend, with meteorologists warning more hot and dry weather is to return after a heavy rain respite dampened many of the blazes. Rubble are seen at a property damaged by bushfires in Kangaroo Valley,