WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia recorded fewer cases of rhino and elephant poaching this year compared to recent years, the southern African nation’s minister of environment and tourism said on Monday. Namibia has one of the largest black rhino populations in the world; but as in neighboring South Africa, it is under threat from the lucrative […]
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By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the environment. The 12, with a combined population of almost 80 million, said they […]
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(The Oct. 20 story corrects dateline and first sentence to reflect that Tangier Island is in Virginia, not Maryland) By Emily Flitter TANGIER ISLAND, Va. (Reuters) – This summer, a delegation of Republican climate activists visited Tangier Island, a speck of grassland in Virginia’s Chesapeake Bay, to try to convince its 450 residents to take […]
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WINDHOEK (Reuters) – Namibia recorded fewer cases of rhino and elephant poaching this year compared to recent years, the southern African nation’s minister of environment and tourism said on Monday. Namibia has one of the largest black rhino populations in the world; but as in neighbouring South Africa, it is under threat from the lucrative […]
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African farmers are expected to sow 17 percent less hectares of maize in the 2017/2018 season after this year’s bumper harvest depressed prices prompting farmers to plant more profitable crops next season, a Reuters’ poll showed on Monday. South Africa’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) is expected to say farmers plan to […]
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – The sunniest weather in three months should improve the size and quality of Ivory Coast’s main crop just before harvesting picks up next month, farmers said on Monday. A break in the rain in the world’s top cocoa producer has provided relief to farmers who have expressed concern about high levels of […]
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By Ari Rabinovitch JERUSALEM (Reuters) – It was a source of national pride – technology and discipline besting a crippling lack of water. But four years of drought have overtaxed Israel’s unmatched array of desalination and wastewater treatment plants, choking its most fertile regions and catching the government off-guard. “No one imagined we would face […]
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By Julia Fioretti and Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – There is no need for Europe-wide rules on toxic smoke from building materials, according to a report expected to be signed off by the EU executive over the coming weeks, disappointing campaigners who say regulation is urgently needed following London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire. The European […]
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s top steelmaking city, Tangshan, will step up curbs on industrial output as it makes greater efforts to cut hazardous smog, the China Securities Journal reported on Monday. The city, in northern China’s Hebei province, has ordered more industrial plants, including rubber, plastics and paint producers, to make deep cuts in production, […]
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By Alister Doyle OSLO (Reuters) – Twelve major cities including London, Paris, Los Angeles and Cape Town promised on Monday to buy only zero-emissions buses from 2025 and to make major areas free of fossil fuel emissions by 2030 to protect the environment. The 12, with a combined population of almost 80 million, said they […]
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By Muyu Xu and David Stanway BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will strive to comply fully with its own air quality standards by 2035, the country’s environment minister said on Monday, adding that the long and difficult battle against pollution would eventually benefit the economy. Speaking on the sidelines of China’s Communist Party Congress, Minister of […]
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By Edward McAllister MONROVIA (Reuters) – Crammed into tumble-down shacks on a sandspit that the Atlantic Ocean is steadily devouring, the residents of Liberia’s most notorious slum have one common desire: an end to their daily struggle with dire poverty. Next month, when the 75,000 inhabitants of the capital Monrovia’s West Point neighbourhood decide who […]
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