Environment

(Reuters) – A fluffy Harpy Eagle recently born at Brazil’s Bela Vista Biological Refuge is keeping the center’s caretakers busy as they seek to preserve this near-threatened species. The white eagle, hatched on April 26, weighs just 158 grams (5.6 oz) but will grow to 8-10 kilos (17-22 lbs) – one of the world’s largest

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose sharply in April, government data showed on Friday, as the coronavirus outbreak keeps many environmental enforcers out of the field and the country prepares to deploy troops to fight illegal logging. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho,

DUBAI (Reuters) – Two people died after a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck northern Iran in the early hours of Friday, sending people in and around the capital Tehran fleeing from their homes in panic, state television reported. At least 38 were injured, but there was no major damage from the quake and nearly 50 milder

STUBAI GLACIER, Austria (Reuters) – With its season cut short by the coronavirus pandemic, one of Austria’s most popular glacial ski resorts covered its glacier in protective fabric earlier than usual this year to help preserve it for a still uncertain reopening. Workers stand on Vlies fabric, which is used to cover the snow of

(Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday agreed to change rules governing key renewable energy tax credits, a win for wind farm owners seeking more time to claim the subsidies because new projects have been stalled by the global coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: A wind farm shares space with corn fields the day before the

MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) – Vicente Piratapuia, 69, of the Piratapuia tribe had a high fever and could hardly breathe, but he refused to leave his home on the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city. Vanderlecia Ortega dos Santos, 32, a nurse from the Witoto tribe, an indigenous ethnic group, who has volunteered to provide

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Most visitors wanting to see big game in Africa jet in from faraway places, so when the new coronavirus grounded flights and put the world into lockdown, the legendary African safari died. But for South African company WildEarth — which brings virtual safaris to your living room via a camera that their

JAKARTA (Reuters) – A powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, causing some residents to flee their homes, but there were no immediate reports of damage and the country’s meteorology agency ruled out the risk of a tsunami. The magnitude 6.9 quake struck in the Banda Sea, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, and

FILE PHOTO: Technicians work at the newly opened Oilfox S.A. Biofuel factory in San Nicolas, northeast Buenos Aires August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine biodiesel exports have ground to a complete halt due to the coronavirus pandemic hammering demand in Europe, the head of the local industry chamber told Reuters. Last

(Reuters) – Hundreds of Asian giant hornets, an invasive, predatory insect dubbed the “murder hornet,” have turned up in Washington state near the Canadian border, where they pose a threat to humans and the beekeeping industry, state agriculture officials said on Monday. A pair of Asian Giant Hornet caught in a trap by Washington State

LONDON (Reuters) – Protesters blocked construction sites along the route of a planned high-speed rail link on Monday, aiming to stop swathes of British woodlands being felled for a project that has also faced criticism over spiralling costs. A Police officer speaks with a person wearing a protective face mask protesting against Britain’s planned HS2

TASHKENT/ALMATY (Reuters) – Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have evacuated tens of thousands of people from the Syr Darya river basin after a reservoir dam on the Uzbek side burst, flooding large areas on both sides of the border, the authorities said on Saturday. Uzbekistan has evacuated about 70,000 people from 22 villages in the affected area

FILE PHOTO: People walk by the JP Morgan & Chase Co. building in New York in an October 24, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (Reuters) – New York City’s pension fund leader claimed a win on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) set a timetable to replace its lead independent director, a former Exxon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water. District Court

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a cross-section of the Karuma 600 megawatts hydroelectric power project under construction on River Nile, Uganda February 21, 2018. REUTERS/James Akena/ KAMPALA (Reuters) – Lake Victoria’s water levels have surged to their highest level in more than half a century after about eight months of relentless downpours, posing a

GENEVA (Reuters) – Ozone depletion over the Arctic hit a “record level” in March, the biggest since 2011, but the hole has now closed, the U.N. World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Friday. The springtime phenomenon in the northern hemisphere was driven by ozone-depleting substances still in the atmosphere and a very cold winter in