Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
German court finds govt climate policy unlawful, orders emergency action
(Reuters) - A German court on Thursday found the government's policy to mitigate climate change to be unlawful on several points, and ordered Berlin to take emergency action. The Berlin-Brandenburg Hi...
Nov 30, 2023
Motor racing-McLaren buys carbon credits in quest for net zero
By Gabriel Araujo and Alan Baldwin SAO PAULO/LONDON (Reuters) -McLaren Racing has agreed to purchase carbon credits from reforestation projects in Brazil's Amazon rainforest and CO2 removal initiative...
Nov 30, 2023
Democrats have no Biden backup plan for 2024, despite age concerns
By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic Party has no Plan B if President Joe Biden decided for any reason to halt his 2024 re-election campaign, and a sudden need to replace him as its sta...
Nov 30, 2023
US Senate Democrats expected to vote on Supreme Court ethics subpoenas
By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats are expected on Thursday to vote on authorizing subpoenas to a pair of influential conservatives with ties to the U.S. Supreme C...
Nov 30, 2023
Republican DeSantis faces risks in debate against Democrat Newsom amid struggling US presidential bid
By Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) - U.S. presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will use a televised debate against California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday night to try to prove...
Nov 30, 2023
World to hit 1.4C of warming in record hot 2023
By Gloria Dickie DUBAI (Reuters) - With a month to run, 2023 will reach global warming of about 1.4 degrees Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, adding to "a deafening cacophony" of br...
Nov 30, 2023
How Mexico muddies the waters on fighting climate change
By Stefanie Eschenbacher and Simon Jessop MEXICO CITY/DUBAI (Reuters) - Mexico has labeled hundreds of millions of dollars in spending on fossil fuel infrastructure at state energy company Pemex and s...
Nov 30, 2023
Britain’s Octopus in partnership to build first wind farm in Sierra Leone
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Octopus Energy said on Thursday its generation arm has entered into partnership with Sherbro Alliance Partners (SAP) to build Sierra Leone's first wind farm in 2024. Octop...
Nov 30, 2023
Russia keeps Black Sea port restrictions in place due to storms
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's ministry of transport said on Thursday that restrictions on navigation at key Black Sea ports remain in place due to adverse weather. Severe storms in the Black Sea region h...
Nov 30, 2023
Explainer-How will countries measure climate action at COP28?
By Kate Abnett DUBAI (Reuters) - Countries will for the first time assess how far off track they are to curb global warming at this year's COP28 climate change summit, a process known as the "global s...
Nov 30, 2023
