Middle East and Africa
South Africa says climate targets on track if coal switch not delayed again
By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s delay in taking coal-fired power stations offline will only harm its commitment to net-zero emissions...
Moroccan solar plans hampered by dispute over technology
By Ahmed Eljechtimi RABAT (Reuters) – A dispute over concentrated solar power (CSP) technology is behind years of delays to Morocco’s biggest planned...
Tanzania switches on first turbine of hydro plant in World Heritage Site
By Nuzulack Dausen DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) – Tanzania has switched on the first turbine of a new hydroelectric plant set to double...
Attack on Red Sea cargo ship causes a miles-long oil slick
Yemeni Houthi rebels' missile strike causes vessel to be abandoned – but 41,000 tons of fertilizer could add to environmental fall-out.
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,...
Rhinos are returned to a plateau in central Kenya, decades after poachers wiped them out
LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn’t seen them in...
TotalEnergies CEO says IMF debt rules hobbling African green energy projects
Patrick Pouyanne says investment in Africa is being hindered by insufficient loan guarantees
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...
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, UN report says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of the world’s migratory species are in decline, according to a new United Nations report released Monday. Many...
Climate scientist Michael Mann wins defamation suit over comparison to molester, jury decides
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury on Thursday in Washington D.C. said climate scientist Michael Mann was defamed 12 years ago when a pair...
