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People pass by a damaged electric pole caused by flooding due to heavy rains near Chaman area, Pakistan, Thursday, April 18 2024. Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63, as the heaviest downpour in decades flooded villages on the country's southwestern coast. Flash floods have also killed dozens of people in neighboring Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Habib Ullah)
ClimateNewsWeather

Pakistani province issues flood alert and warns of loss of life due to glacial melting

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which has been hit hard by the deluges, authorities issued a flood alert because of the melting of glaciers

ElectricityFuelInfrastructureNews

Ukraine drone attack sets ablaze Russian fuel depot, hits susbtations, Kyiv source says

The overnight attack, which was confirmed by the defence ministry in Moscow, comes amid a Russian airstrike campaign that has battered Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Swiss Federal Councillor Albert Roesti reacts during a state visit in Bern, Switzerland, November 15, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo
ClimateEnvironmentNewsPolitics

Swiss environment minister plays down impact of climate ruling

A European Court of Human Rights ruled last week that Switzerland has failed to protect its people from climate change

FILE PHOTO: A China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) vessel is seen near oil tanks at the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC)'s Dalian Petrochemical Corp in Dalian, Liaoning province, China October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File photo
BusinessFuelNewsOil

China’s imports of Russian oil near record high in March

China's oil imports from Russia, including supplies via pipelines and sea-borne shipments, jumped 12.5% on the year to 10.81m metric tons

FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski attends the cabinet swearing-in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland December 13, 2023. REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel/File photo
BusinessEmissionsFinanceNewsPolitics

Poland to get $266m for Clean Air program, says finance minister

The Clean Air programme is Poland’s subsidy scheme supporting the replacement of obsolete heat sources and insulation of single-family houses

FILE PHOTO: Model Y cars are pictured during the opening ceremony of the new Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Patrick Pleul/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
BusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Tesla cuts US prices of Models Y, X, S by $2,000

The price cuts came days after the first-quarter deliveries of the world's most valuable automaker missed market expectations

FILE PHOTO: View of  the installations of Ecuador's hydroelectric power station Coca Codo Sinclair in Napo, Ecuador June 1, 2018. REUTERS/Daniel Tapia/File Photo
ElectricityInfrastructureNewsPolitics

Ecuador president declares state of emergency over energy crisis

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South...

FILE PHOTO: The sun sets next to a smokestack from a coal-burning power station in Beijing January 9, 2008.  REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
Carbon ManagementClimateEmissionsNews

Climate targets group’s CEO to ease concerns over carbon offset plan

The CEO of the SBTi sought to reassure critics' concerns over the plan to allow companies to use carbon credits to offset greenhouse...

TC Energy Corp. says it has reduced the pressure on a segment of its NGTL pipeline system while an investigation continues into the cause of a rupture that occurred on the line earlier this week. TransCanada's Keystone pipeline facilities are seen in Hardisty, Alta., on Friday, Nov. 6, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
BusinessNatural GasNewsTransmission

TC Energy reduces pressure on Alberta pipeline segment as rupture investigation continues

TC Energy Corp. says it has reduced the pressure on a segment of its NGTL pipeline system in Alberta while an investigation continues...

FILE PHOTO: People are reflected on a Honda Motor car outside the company's headquarters in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2017.  Picture taken February 2, 2017.   REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo
AutomotiveBiofuelsBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Honda to invest $80M in Brazil by 2030, develop hybrid-flex vehicle

Japanese automaker Honda aims to develop a hybrid-flex vehicle in Brazil — the latest in a series of fresh investments by automakers such...

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