Environment

ELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) – A thousands-strong rescue operation to pull survivors from collapsed buildings in eastern Turkey began winding down on Sunday, a day and a half after a powerful earthquake killed dozens. Rescue workers search the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas Teams had

(Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must reconsider three of the biofuel waivers it recently granted to small oil refineries, arguing the agency’s justification for approving the exemptions was flawed. FILE PHOTO: The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File

ELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey late on Friday, killing at least 20 people and collapsing buildings in towns near the center of the tremor, which was strong enough to be felt in several neighboring countries. Rescue workers search on a collapsed building after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 25,

DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – A short walk from where she spent the week rubbing shoulders with world leaders, Greta Thunberg showed solidarity with the climate strikers of Davos on the last day of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Davos high school students with signs reading “wake up WEF” and “stop (f)lying to us” chanted in

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck northern Argentina on Thursday close to the town of El Hoyo but, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake, located 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of the town, was very deep, some 560.4 kilometers (348.2 miles) below the surface, and unlikely to cause any damage. Reporting by

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Canadian-owned C-130 Hercules air tanker crashed while fighting bushfires in Australia’s alpine region on Thursday, killing all three of its crew, authorities said. A plane releases fire retardant over forest during bushfires in South Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia November 12, 2019 in this screen grab obtained from a social media

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The leading Democratic candidates all believe climate change is an existential threat to the planet and have vowed to bring U.S. greenhouse gas emissions down to net-zero by 2050. FILE PHOTO: The Dayton Power & Light J.M. Stuart Station lights up the early morning sky on the banks of the Ohio River

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The contamination of U.S. drinking water with man-made “forever chemicals” is far worse than previously estimated with some of the highest levels found in Miami, Philadelphia and New Orleans, said a report on Wednesday by an environmental watchdog group. FILE PHOTO: People refill bottles at a water store in Temple City, California,

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Mining giant BHP Group (BHP.AX) said on Tuesday that poor air quality caused by smoke from Australia’s bushfires is hurting coal production, as authorities cautioned a reprieve from hazardous fire conditions could end within days. Rubble are seen at a property damaged by bushfires in Kangaroo Valley, Australia, January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Angie

FILE PHOTO: A burning gum tree is felled to stop it from falling on a car in Corbago, as bushfires continue in New South Wales, Australia January 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy/File Photo SYDNEY (Reuters) – More than 80% of Australian business executives believe climate change will damage their companies, a survey published on Tuesday showed.

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia on Monday boosted emergency grants and loans for small businesses hit by bushfires that have ravaged the country during the peak tourist season, as firefighters used cooler weather to prepare for a return of hazardous fire conditions. Burnt bushland on Kangaroo Island, Australia January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tracey Nearmy The fires have

FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil giant Total is pictured at a petrol station in Laplume, France January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar has signed an agreement with France’s Total and Japan’s Marubeni to build a solar power project with capacity of about 800 megawatts (MW), Qatar’s energy minister said on

FILE PHOTO: Democratic candidate for Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo takes the stage for a campaign rally with United States first lady Michelle Obama in Providence, Rhode Island October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (Reuters) – Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo signed an executive order on Friday aiming for renewable energy to provide all of the

AGONCILLO, Philippines (Reuters) – Thousands of residents under orders to evacuate from a town near the Philippine volcano Taal were allowed to briefly visit homes on Friday to rescue their animals and recover some possessions, taking advantage of what appeared to be waning activity. Dozens of chickens are hauled in a rickshaw as residents affected

LONDON (Reuters) – British naturalist David Attenborough said the “moment of crisis” had come in the fight against climate change, warning that governments’ targets for decades in the future were not enough to save the planet. He called on China in particular to reduce its carbon emissions, saying that he thought other countries would follow

An excavator of German utility RWE stands amid lignite in the open-cast brown coal mine of Garzweiler near Jackerath west of Cologne, Germany, January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for