Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
COP28: US touts climate leadership as oil and gas output hits record
By Richard Valdmanis, Sarah McFarlane and Simon Jessop DUBAI (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sought to claim the mantle of global climate leadership for the United States on Saturday in ...
Dec 02, 2023
Magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes Kepulauan Babar, Indonesia – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck near Kepulauan Babar region in Indonesia on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 138 km ...
Dec 02, 2023
Impact of Amazon’s climate-driven drought may last until 2026
By Brad Haynes and Jake Spring MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The Amazon rainforest's record-breaking drought hit home for Raimundo Leite de Souza one October morning, he said, when he woke to find the st...
Dec 02, 2023
Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow
(Reuters) - Long-distance trains and hundreds of flights in and out of the German city of Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, according to statements by Deutsche Bahn and Muni...
Dec 02, 2023
‘Find a breakthrough’, Pope Francis sends message to UN climate summit
DUBAI (Reuters) - Pope Francis, unable to attend the COP28 climate summit, called on world leaders on Saturday to find a breakthrough to tackle global rising temperatures, calling the destruction of t...
Dec 02, 2023
What are leaders saying at the UN climate summit?
DUBAI (Reuters) - World leaders addressed the COP28 summit on Saturday, where their countries' delegations are assessing progress towards meeting global climate goals. Here are the latest comments: GE...
Dec 02, 2023
US lays out plan at COP 28 to slash climate ‘super pollutant’ from oil and gas
By Nichola Groom and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Saturday unveiled final rules aimed at cracking down on U.S. oil and gas industry releases of methane, part of a global p...
Dec 02, 2023
Over 110 countries set to join COP28 deal to triple renewable energy
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici DUBAI (Reuters) - A pledge to triple the world's installed renewable energy by 2030 is poised to win support from more than 110 countries at the COP28 climate summ...
Dec 02, 2023
How food and agriculture contribute to climate change
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) - Feeding the world is a big job, and the effort produces billions of mets of emissions of greenhouse gases each year - around a third of the global total. Despite the fact t...
Dec 02, 2023
Exclusive-Colombia makes major changes to auction rules for offshore wind blocks
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has significantly modified the terms for its first-ever offshore wind energy auction, set to receive bids in August next year, with the aim of opening it ...
Dec 02, 2023
