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Today: May 02, 2024

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Health-harming heat stress rising in Europe, scientists say

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe is increasingly facing bouts of heat so intense that the human body cannot cope, as climate change continues to raise temperatures, the EU's Copernicus

EU's 2050 net zero goals at risk as EV rollout faces setbacks

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU needs to rethink its policies to make a 2035 ban on new petrol car sales feasible as electric vehicles (EVs) remain unaffordable and alternative fuel options

Asia is most climate disaster-impacted region, UN meteorological agency says

GENEVA (Reuters) - Asia was the world's most disaster-hit region by climate related hazards last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, with floods and storms causing the highest

Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week.

Exclusive-Venezuela to accelerate cryptocurrency shift as oil sanctions return

By Marianna Parraga and Deisy Buitrago HOUSTON/CARACAS (Reuters) -Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA plans to increase digital currency usage in its crude and fuel exports as the U.S. reimposes

California to wrap up Exxon plastics probe 'in weeks', AG says

(This April 22 story has been corrected to say that Exxon has one advanced recycling plant and is assessing opportunities in, not has, around a dozen advanced recycling projects, in paragraph 10) By

AI boom to fuel natural gas demand in coming years, report says

(Reuters) - A spike in power usage from artificial intelligence (AI) data centers could significantly boost natural gas demand in the second half of the decade, analysts at investment banker Tudor

As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever

By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) -Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties

Exclusive-Ecuador examining new Amazon and Ocean linked debt-for-nature swaps, sources say

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) -Ecuador is scoping out new debt-for-nature swaps, one to funnel funds into the Amazon rainforest and another for a giant ocean protection zone backed by Hollywood star

German climate activists sentenced for spraying paint on Brandenburg Gate

By Riham Alkousaa BERLIN (Reuters) - A German court on Tuesday handed down suspended eight-month prison sentences to three climate activists who sprayed orange paint on the columns of Berlin's

NASA chief asks nations to work together on climate change

By Stefanie Eschenbacher MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - NASA is hoping that nations will work together more closely in the future on topics such as climate change, including greenhouse gas emissions, the

Wildfire razes pinelands near top Cuba tourist town of Viñales

HAVANA (Reuters) - A wildfire blazed early on Wednesday outside the picturesque western Cuba valley town of Vinales, state-run media said, threatening a region considered to be among the island's most

Factbox-Biden administration races to safeguard environmental rules from congressional axe

(Reuters) - The Biden administration is racing to finalize a slew of major environmental regulations to help safeguard them from potential reversal should former President Donald Trump win the 2024

Gaza could surpass famine thresholds in six weeks, WFP official says

By Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber GENEVA (Reuters) - The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme

US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country

Air quality in some parts of US worst in 25 years, report says

By Rich McKay (Reuters) - About 44 million Americans live in cities or counties that received a failing grade for air quality, which has deteriorated to its worst in 25 years across a swath of the U.S

Greece boosts special firefighting units to cope with its growing heat risk

Under pressure to cope with the impact of rising temperatures, Greece's emergency response planners are shifting tactics this summer

Send us Patriots: Ukraine's battered energy plants seek air defenses against Russian attacks

Ukrainian energy workers are struggling to repair the damage from intensifying airstrikes aimed at pulverizing Ukraine’s energy grid

A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

Researchers say an orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant

Paris inaugurates giant water storage basin to clean up the River Seine for Olympic swimming

French officials inaugurated on Thursday a huge storage basin meant to keep cleaner the River Seine, which is to be the venue for marathon swimming at the Paris Games and the swimming leg of the Olympic and Paralympic triathlons

At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

Holocaust survivors are participating in a digital campaign called #CancelHate which features videos of them reading Holocaust denial posts from different social media platforms

Maryland officials release timeline, cost estimate, for rebuilding bridge

A Maryland transportation official says the state plans to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in just over four years at an estimated cost between $1.7 billion and $1.9 billion

The Latest | Hamas will send a delegation to Cairo to keep up cease-fire talks

Hamas said Thursday that it will send a delegation to Cairo as soon as possible to keep working on cease-fire talks, in response to Egypt’s latest proposal

US requires bird flu tests for dairy cattle moving between states

By Tom Polansek and Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. government will require dairy cattle moving between states to be tested for bird flu starting on Monday as federal officials ramp up

Student journalists are covering their own campuses in convulsion. Here's what they have to say

Student journalists at campuses across the country are getting a pressure-filled, and dangerous, lesson in their chosen profession during a chaotic springtime of protests

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