Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Shift to clean energy must speed up to avoid worst of climate change – U.N. panel
By Richard Valdmanis (Reuters) - The world needs to rapidly accelerate its transition away from coal and other fossil fuels to avoid extreme climate change, according to a report Monday by the U.N. cl...
Apr 04, 2022
Transportation equipment, machinery pull down U.S. factory orders in February
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for U.S.-made goods fell in February, likely because of persistent shortages of materials and a shift in spending back to services, but manufacturin...
Apr 04, 2022
Explainer-The U.N. climate report’s emissions pathways – decoded
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) - The U.N. climate science panel report released on Monday lays out several paths for greenhouse gas emissions that could limit climate change or, alternatively, see ...
Apr 04, 2022
Orban’s ruling party had ‘undue advantage’ in campaign -OSCE report
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Ubiquitous government advertising paid by the state gave Prime Minister Viktor Orban's ruling Fidesz party an undue advantage in the run-up to Sunday's vote, which gave Orban a fo...
Apr 04, 2022
‘Now or never’: Only severe emissions cuts will avoid climate extremes – U.N. report
By Gloria Dickie (Reuters) - Drastic cuts to fossil fuel use. Growing forests and eating less meat. These are just some of the actions needed in this decade to contain global warming to 1.5 degrees Ce...
Apr 04, 2022
Conservatives in Canadian province of Ontario propose gas, fuel tax cuts
(Reuters) - The government of Ontario introduced legislation on Monday to reduce taxes on gas and fuel that, if passed, would come into effect after a June 2 election in Canada's most populous provinc...
Apr 04, 2022
Land & Buildings to vote against re-election of some American Homes 4 Rent board members
(Reuters) - Activist investor Land & Buildings raised concerns about American Homes 4 Rent's failure to adopt major eco-friendly policies and said it was planning to vote against the re-election of th...
Apr 04, 2022
Biden says Putin is a war criminal, calls for war crimes trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a war criminal on Monday and said he would call for a war crimes trial, as a global outcry mounted over civilian...
Apr 04, 2022
Ecuador prison death toll rises to 20, authorities regain control
By Alexandra Valencia QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuador's government has retaken control of a prison in the city of Cuenca where 20 people were killed in a violent confrontation over the weekend, it said on M...
Apr 04, 2022
Burning bus sends clouds of black smoke into Paris sky – Reuters witness
PARIS (Reuters) -Thick black smoke billowed above central Paris on Monday after a bus caught fire on the upmarket Saint-Germain boulevard, a Reuters witness said. Police cordoned off the area as fire ...
Apr 04, 2022
