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An aerial view shows a flooded house in the North Kazakhstan Region, Kazakhstan April 16, 2024. REUTERS/Tamara Vaal/File Photo
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Oil-rich regions in Kazakhstan brace for floods, Siberian rivers burst

Kazakh state oil pipeline company KazTransOil said it was building protective embankments at its facilities in the region due to flooding.

FILE PHOTO: The Tesla Cybertruck is displayed at the SAE WCX conference in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook/File Photo
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)News

Tesla to recall 3,878 Cybertrucks, NHTSA says

Tesla is recalling the vehicle to fix an accelerator pedal pad that could come loose and get lodged in the interior trim

In this undated photo provided by the United States Geological Survey, permafrost forms a grid-like pattern in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, managed by the Bureau of Land Management on Alaska's North Slope. (David W. Houseknecht/United States Geological Survey via AP)
ClimateEnvironmentFuelMiningNewsPolitics

Biden government restricts oil and gas leasing in Alaska’s petroleum reserve

The restrictions are being put in place to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm

FILE PHOTO: The Brooks mountain range spreads out to the horizon in northern Alaska March 17, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo
ClimateEnvironmentFuelMiningNews

Drilling and mining restrictions in Alaska angers state leaders

Alaska state officials have said the restrictions will cost jobs and make the U.S. reliant on foreign resources

da's banks left the federal government no choice but to use legislation to force them to label federal deposits the way the government wants, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said. Guilbeault leaves caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
BusinessEconomyEmissionsFinanceNewsPolitics

Ottawa to force Canadian banks to call carbon rebate by name in direct deposits

Canadian banks that refuse to identify the carbon rebate by name when doing direct deposits are forcing the government to change the law...

Soumaila Traoré, a 30-years-old welder, cools off with water under a blazing sun in Bamako, Mali, Thursday, April, 18, 2024. On Thursday, temperatures in Bamako reached 44 degrees Celsius (111 Fahrenheit) and weather forecasts say it's not letting up anytime soon. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)
ClimateEnvironmentNewsWeather

No respite for Mali laborers as deadly heat wave hits West Africa

The heat wave has led to a surge in deaths, experts say, warning of more scorching weather ahead as effects of climate change...

FILE PHOTO: Two workers install a bifacial 540 W solar panel at a solar panels park by energy supplier Enel Green Power, in Trino Italy, March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco/File Photo
AnalysisBusinessElectricityIn-DepthSolar

Column: Plunging solar capture rates to test Europe’s policymakers

Wholesale power prices coming under pressure from surging solar output looks set to become a potentially divisive issue across Europe

FILE PHOTO: A man washes waste plastic sheets, collected for recycling, in the polluted waters on World Environment Day in Karachi, Pakistan June 5, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
BusinessEnvironmentFinanceNews

Finance firms urge ambitious action on plastic pollution

A group of 160 financial companies urged governments to agree a treaty to end plastic pollution that would help spur private sector action

A man holding a child walks across a damaged bridge after the rains and floods brought by remnants of Typhoon Doksuri, in Zhuozhou, Hebei province, China August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
AnalysisEnvironmentIn-Depth

Nearly half of China’s major cities are sinking, researchers say

Nearly half of China's major cities are suffering "moderate to severe" levels of subsidence, putting millions at risk of flooding

NewsNuclear PowerPoliticsUnited Nations

IAEA notes reported attack on Zaporizhzhia plant, Russia accuses Ukraine

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has warned that attacks and incidents at Ukraine's Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power...

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