Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
In climate fight, Europe’s olive, wine farmers turn to tech and tradition
By Charlie Devereux, Antonella Cinelli and Corina Pons VILLANUEVA DEL ARZOBISPO, Spain/ROME (Reuters) - Farmers in Spain and Italy are turning to techniques ancient and modern to safeguard production ...
Sep 14, 2023
Exclusive-Suriname aims to be first to sell Paris Agreement carbon credits -adviser
By Jake Spring (Reuters) - The South American forest nation of Suriname plans to become the first country to sell carbon credits under a system set up by the 2015 U.N. Paris Agreement to help curb cli...
Sep 14, 2023
Libya flood survivors pick through ruins in search of missing thousands
By Ahmed Elumami, Ayman al-Warfali and Essam Alfetori DERNA, Libya (Reuters) - Survivors of a flood that swept away the centre of a Libyan city picked through the ruins on Thursday in search of loved ...
Sep 14, 2023
France’s TotalEnergies launches green hydrogen tender call
PARIS (Reuters) - TotalEnergies announced a call for tenders for the annual production of 500,000 tonnes of "green" hydrogen on Thursday, as part of the French oil major's plans to decarbonise its Eur...
Sep 14, 2023
Norway should call off deep sea mining plans, key ally says
By Nerijus Adomaitis and Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's minority government should withdraw its proposal to open a vast Arctic offshore area to deep sea mining and call at least a ten-year ...
Sep 14, 2023
Explainer-Why does Norway want to mine the seabed?
By Victoria Klesty and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Norway may become the first country to start commercial deep sea mining, if parliament approves a government proposal to open an offshore area...
Sep 14, 2023
Green groups slam World Bank for backing Indonesian coal plants
By David Stanway and Fransiska Nangoy SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Environmental groups have submitted a formal complaint to the World Bank for providing financial support for two coal-fired power pl...
Sep 14, 2023
Wood River workers ratify contract with Phillips 66, averting strike
(Reuters) - Unionized refinery workers at Phillips 66's 356,000 barrel per day Wood River refinery in Roxana, Illinois, ratified a contract with the refiner in late-stage negotiations, union leaders s...
Sep 13, 2023
No time to lose on ocean treaty as threats to high seas rise – Greenpeace
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Governments have no time to lose when it comes to implementing a new global ocean treaty to protect the high seas as threats from human activities intensify, a report by environm...
Sep 13, 2023
Hong Kong shuts schools as it issues heavy rain warning
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong closed schools on Thursday after authorities issued the second-highest rain signal and warned of extensive flooding, just days after the Asian financial hub was drenche...
Sep 13, 2023
