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Thousands homeless after DR Congo’s worst floods in sixty years
By Benoit Nyemba and Ange Kasongo KINSHASA (Reuters) – In a makeshift camp for people displaced by floods in Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Climate activists dump pink powder on case containing US Constitution
By Jonathan Allen (Reuters) -Two climate change activists appeared in court on Thursday for throwing pink powder on glass cases displaying the U.S....
Conservation group expands Hawaii coral reef insurance programme
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Conservation group The Nature Conservancy has purchased a new, expanded insurance policy that could see up to...
Mexico antitrust body sets conditions for government purchase of Iberdrola plants
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s antitrust regulator on Thursday issued conditions on the Mexican government’s purchase of 13 power plants from Spain’s Iberdrola,...
Tobago oil spill spreading to Grenada, could also impact Venezuela
By Curtis Williams PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) -An oil spill that has stained Tobago’s coastline in the Caribbean is entering into Grenada’s waters...
US issues Clean Air Permit to New York’s Empire Offshore Wind project
(Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday, granted a Clean Air Act permit to New York’s Empire Offshore Wind LLC....
Going green at 50? IEA climate pivot debated at anniversary meeting
By America Hernandez and Noah Browning PARIS (Reuters) – Energy ministers, oil executives and green investors gathered this week to mark a half-century...
Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors, in nod to past, toasts start of construction of electric SUV plant
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Scout Motors celebrated the start of construction on its $2 billion electric SUV plant in South Carolina on Thursday...
Activists storm Canada finance minister’s office demanding climate laws for banks
TORONTO (Reuters) – Climate activists barged into Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Toronto office on Thursday demanding the government announce climate-related regulation for...
