Focus on Climate
France cuts EV subsidy for higher-income buyers
PARIS (Reuters) – The French government on Tuesday cut by 20% a subsidy higher-income car buyers can get for purchasing electric and hybrid...
Warm weather forces city in Quebec to cancel ice-fishing villages for first time
SAGUENAY, Que. — There will be no colourful ice-fishing huts dotting the frozen water near Saguenay, Que., this year after mild winter weather...
Three COP summit hosts unite to raise climate ambitions
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates, host of last year’s COP28 climate summit, and Azerbaijan and Brazil, the hosts...
Delayed Tuvalu election result highlights climate impacts
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) – An election result in Tuvalu has been delayed by two weeks as dangerous weather stops boats from...
Arizona Republicans challenge Biden’s designation of a national monument near the Grand Canyon
The Arizona Legislature’s top two Republicans have challenged Democratic President Joe Biden’s creation of a new national monument last summer just outside Grand...
Group says Lululemon is ‘greenwashing’ as its emissions rise, wants competition probe
VANCOUVER — A non-profit organization in British Columbia says it has asked Canada’s Competition Bureau to investigate athletic-wear giant Lululemon, arguing the company...
Atmospheric rivers boosts California’s hydropower supplies
By Nicole Jao NEW YORK (Reuters) – A pair of atmospheric rivers that drenched California in recent weeks will bolster the state’s hydropower...
One in five of world’s migratory species at risk of extinction – UN report
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – More than a fifth of the world’s migrating species are at risk of going extinct as a...
An offshore oil spill has caused a ‘national emergency,’ Trinidad and Tobago prime minister says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister said a large oil spill near the twin-island nation in the eastern...
