Environment

  • Indonesian rescuers use drones as tsunami death toll tops 400

    LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people. Rescue…

  • Indonesian rescuers use drones, sniffer dogs as tsunami death toll tops 400

    LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian rescuers on Tuesday used drones and sniffer dogs to search for survivors along the devastated west coast of Java hit by a tsunami that killed at least 429 people, warning…

  • Indonesia hunts for survivors as volcano tsunami toll nears 400

    LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian military and rescue teams fanned out across a stretch of coastline on Monday, hoping to find survivors of a tsunami triggered by a landslide from a volcano that killed at…

  • Indonesia searches for survivors after volcano triggers deadly tsunami

    LABUAN, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesian military and rescue teams fanned out across a stretch of coastline on Monday, hoping to find survivors of a tsunami triggered by an underwater landslide from a volcano that has…

  • Tsunami kills at least 373 in Indonesia: official

    A man reacts after identifying a relative during a rescue operation at the beach front hotel, which was hit by a tsunami in Pandeglang, Banten province, Indonesia, December 24, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (Reuters) – The…

  • Singapore’s ‘freegans’ find treasure in trash

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A new movement in Singapore that seeks to reduce the amount of consumer waste in the affluent city-state is scavenging for unwanted goods, some in near-mint condition, that migrant workers can send…

  • Factbox: Indonesia regularly hit by quakes and tsunamis

    JAKARTA (Reuters) – A tsunami killed at least 62 people on the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra and injured hundreds following an underwater landslide caused by a volcanic eruption on Saturday, the disaster mitigation…

  • Norway to build wind farm despite concerns of reindeer herders

    OSLO (Reuters) – Norway said on Friday it would build a wind park in an area used for reindeer grazing despite U.N. calls to suspend the project to study the impact on the indigenous herders’…

  • In Indonesia, splits emerge over efforts to stem plastic tide

    JAKARTA (Reuters) – As Indonesia struggles with mountains of plastic waste going into landfill and polluting its rivers and oceans, business groups are pushing to overturn restrictions on importing plastic scrap into Southeast Asia’s biggest…

  • EU countries agree to 30 percent cut in truck CO2 emissions

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ministers from European Union countries agreed on Thursday to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from trucks and buses by 30 percent by 2030, albeit with the potential to review this in 2022,…

  • EU temporarily suspends UK carbon permit processes ahead of Brexit

    FILE PHOTO: The Union Flag and a European Union flag fly near the Elizabeth Tower, housing the Big Ben bell, during the anti-Brexit ‘People’s March for Europe’, in Parliament Square in central London, Britain September…

  • Five oil majors face 2019 climate target pressure by investors

    HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and Norwegian oil majors Chevron and Equinor have become the latest target of activist investors moving to force five of the biggest oil companies to commit to fixed emissions targets and…

  • British brewed Budweiser beer to rely on solar power from 2020

    FILE PHOTO: The logo of Anheuser-Busch InBev is pictured outside the brewer’s headquarters in Leuven, Belgium February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman LONDON (Reuters) – Budweiser beer will be brewed in Britain using solar power from…

  • Investors managing $32 trillion in assets call for action on climate change

    LONDON (Reuters) – Global investors managing $32 trillion in assets have called on governments to accelerate steps to combat climate change, as policymakers meet for talks at a United Nations conference in Poland. FILE PHOTO:…

  • Merkel sees challenges to industry from EU car emissions goal

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes newly agreed EU carbon emissions targets for cars which provide…

  • Exxon Mobil opposes weakening Obama-era emissions rules: letter to EPA

    FILE PHOTO: The logo of Exxon Mobil Corporation is shown on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, December 30, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo/File Photo HOUSTON (Reuters) –…

  • InVivo looks to pesticide-free food, French bread for future growth

    PARIS (Reuters) – French agricultural cooperative InVivo said on Tuesday it wants to invest heavily in new farming techniques to support pesticide-free food and is considering making bread as it seeks new growth drivers after…

  • Germany: EU deal to cut cars’ carbon emissions is a good result

    FILE PHOTO: German Environmental Minister Svenja Schulze attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Berlin, Germany May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze said on Tuesday that new goals agreed…

  • EU agrees deal to cut greenhouse emissions from cars

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday to a goal of cutting carbon emissions from cars by 37.5 percent in a decade, finally settling differences between vehicle-producing countries and environmentally-conscious lawmakers. FILE PHOTO:…

  • EU agrees to cut emissions from cars by 37.5 percent by 2030

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday a compromise over how sharply to curb carbon dioxide emissions from cars and vans, finally settling differences between car-producing countries and more environmentally conscious lawmakers. FILE…

  • Berlin: German transport sector may have to contribute more to climate protection

    FILE PHOTO: Cars queue during traffic jam on the city highway A100 at rush hour in Berlin, Germany, November 14, 2018. Picture is taken on slow shutter speed while zoomed. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch BERLIN (Reuters) –…

  • Shareholders call on ExxonMobil to set greenhouse gas reduction targets

    NEW YORK (Reuters) – A number of institutional investors in ExxonMobil Corp (XOM.N) have said they will file a shareholder resolution which calls on the world’s largest oil company to set targets for lowering its…

  • West Coast fish stocks recovery allows big hike in catch limits

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. government is going ahead with sharply higher catch limits next year for West Coast groundfish, citing a rebound in bottom-dwelling stocks once so depleted by over-fishing that commercial harvests…

  • Climate talks pass baton in race to stop global warming

    KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Fractious climate change talks in Poland showed the limits of international action to limit global warming in a polarized world, putting the onus on individual governments, cities and communities to stop…

  • Nations agree on global climate pact rules, but they are seen as weak

    KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the…

  • Climate Conference Notebook: Climate talks go into overtime

    KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Climate change talks billed as the most important U.N. conference since the 2015 Paris global warming deal are in their last week in Katowice, capital of Poland’s coal mining district. Participants…

  • U.N. climate talks run into overtime, but deal “in reach”

    KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – United Nations’ climate talks to agree on the rules of the 2015 Paris Agreement dragged on into an extra day on Saturday as ministers tried to overcome the last political hurdles…

  • Chile to host U.N. climate talks in 2019

    Chilean Minister of Environment Carolina Schmidt reacts after Chile was named the host of COP25 conference, during the final day of the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, December 14, 2018. REUTERS/Kacper…

  • Ivory Coast painter gives new life to e-waste

    Desire Koffi, 24-year-old artist, works at his workshop in Abidjan, Ivory Coast December 3, 2018. Picture taken December 3, 2018. REUTERS/Luc Gnago ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Desire Koffi often walks through Koumassi, a popular district of…

  • Ministers work around the clock to strengthen global climate deal

    KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Ministers are working around the clock to complete and strengthen the rules for making a landmark agreement to combat climate change operational, with one day of talks remaining. Participants take part…