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Can Magic Help to Protect Nature? This Woman Thinks So
Date: June 9, 2022
By Natalie Thomas LONDON (Reuters) – Megan Swann is a trail-blazing female magician whose tricks hold a vital message. When she was born in 1992, the traditionally male-dominated world of magic had only just started allowing women to join the Magic Circle magicians’ society. Now at 30, Swann is not only the youngest and first...
U.S. Interior Must Weigh Climate Impacts of Oil, Gas Leasing – Settlement
Date: June 2, 2022
By Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration must thoroughly analyze the climate impacts of oil and gas leasing on nearly 4 million acres (1.6 million hectares) of federal land in five states before drilling can take place, according to legal settlements reached late Wednesday. The requirement comes after Judge Rudolph Contreras of the...
Watchdog’s New Chief Says High Prices Can Support Greener Palm Oil
Date: June 2, 2022
By Michael Taylor KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Palm oil producers profiting from a global price boom should use the opportunity to ramp up efforts to make the business more sustainable and head off rising risks of forests being cleared for plantations, the new head of the industry’s watchdog said. Prices for palm oil...
Defeat Device Car Owners Can Claim Damages – EU Court Adviser
Date: June 2, 2022
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Owners of vehicles equipped with so-called defeat devices have a right to compensation from the vehicle manufacturer, an adviser to the top EU court said on Thursday in a case brought against Mercedes-Benz. Defeat devices are mechanisms or software that can change vehicle emissions levels, leading to disputes over whether manufacturers use them...
FEATURE-Evicted Villagers Pay a High Price for India’s Hydropower Push
Date: June 1, 2022
• India’s Himalayas are dotted with dozens of hydropower projects • Critics say environmental damage from hydro outweighs benefits • India wants half of its energy to come from renewables by 2030 By Athar Parvaiz HAAT VILLAGE, India, May 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Narmada Devi pointed to an expanse of rubble and dirt, at...
Bhutan Looks to Taxis to Jump-Start Stalled Electric Vehicle Push
Date: May 18, 2022
By Namkhai Norbu THIMPHU (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As night sets in, Dorji Wangchuk plugs his electric car into a charging station, then starts thumbing his rosary and mumbling prayers while he waits the half hour before he can continue driving his taxi around Bhutan’s capital, Thimphu. He swapped his petrol taxi for an electric...