By Vera Eckert FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A surcharge levied on German consumers to support renewable power will be reduced by around 1.2 percent next year, industry sources said on Friday. The surcharge under the renewable energy act (EEG) would amount to close to 6.8 euro cents (8.1 U.S. cents) per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in 2018, down […]
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By Amanda Becker WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A new package of U.S. disaster assistance sailed through the House of Representatives on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump expressing impatience with having to devote federal resources for hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico’s recovery. The Republican-controlled House voted 353-69 to approve $36.5 billion in emergency relief for Puerto Rico and other […]
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between negotiators for the EU nations and the European Parliament over reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) after 2020 ended without an agreement early on Friday, EU presidency Estonia said. The EU is aiming to reach a deal over carbon market reforms ahead of United Nations climate talks in […]
Read More BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Talks between negotiators for the EU nations and the European Parliament over reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) after 2020 ended without an agreement early on Friday, EU presidency Estonia said. The EU is aiming to reach a deal over carbon market reforms ahead of United Nations climate talks in […]
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HANOI (Reuters) – At least 54 people died and 39 went missing as destructive floods battered northern and central Vietnam this week, the disaster prevention agency said on Friday. Vietnam is prone to destructive storms and flooding due to its long coastline. A typhoon wrecked havoc across central provinces just last month. The floods that […]
Read More FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Europe launched the sixth of its Sentinel Earth observation satellites on Friday as part of the multi-billion-euro Copernicus program to monitor volcanic ash and ultraviolet radiation. The Sentinel-5P satellite, part of a system of satellites that is to monitor Earth, blasted off on board a Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in […]
Read More By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – The proportion of registered nurses with nursing bachelor’s degrees has climbed in recent years to 57 percent in U.S. acute care settings, but it’s not rising fast enough to reach a goal of 80 percent by the year 2020, researchers say. “When more nurses have degrees, there’s a higher […]
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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s department of environmental affairs has granted authorisation to state-owned power utility Eskom to build a new 4,000 megawatt nuclear power plant in the Western Cape, according to a letter seen by Reuters. Construction at Duynefontein, close to South Africa’s only existing nuclear site Koeberg, will only go ahead once […]
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(Reuters) – Striker Sergio Aguero has completed a full training session with Manchester City and could be available for Saturday’s Premier League game against Stoke City, two weeks after sustaining a broken rib in a road accident. The 29-year-old was injured in a car crash in Amsterdam last month and missed City’s 1-0 win over […]
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By Sharon Bernstein (Reuters) – The acrid smell of smoke borne on hurricane-strength winds greeted horse trainer Rebecca Cushman before dawn, her phone ringing repeatedly as people frantically sought help saving their animals from California’s deadly wildfires. It was still dark on Monday morning when Cushman, 41, set out from her farm west of the […]
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By Laura Zuckerman PINEDALE, Wyoming (Reuters) – A U.S. government proposal to improve cellphone service at Yellowstone National Park, including the installation of microwave dish antennas, will mar views at one of the park’s most scenic spots, Mt. Washburn, an environmental group said on Thursday. The nation’s oldest and arguably most famous park in the […]
Read More By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan pair of Michigan lawmakers introduced a bill to make it easier for automakers to comply with federal fuel efficiency requirements, as the Trump administration considers softening standards that require nearly doubling the fuel economy of the U.S. new vehicle fleet by 2025. The proposal, introduced late on […]
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