FILE PHOTO: A car burns after catching on fire along the side of the 101 highway in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 1, 2019. REUTERS/ Mike Blake (Reuters) – Firefighters working overnight to contain a Southern California wildfire made significant headway on Sunday, containing 50% of the blaze with the aid of cooler weather and
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Air pollution in New Delhi and surrounding towns reached the worst levels so far this year on Sunday, with authorities in the world’s most polluted capital city having already declared a public health emergency and ordered the closure of schools. A crow sits on a barricade in front of India Gate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Firefighters began to get the upper hand on a destructive wildfire in a Southern California farming region on Saturday, taking advantage of lighter winds as authorities let some evacuated residents return home. FILE PHOTO: A house burns during wildfires in San Bernardino, California, U.S. October 31, 2019 in this screen grab
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fast-moving scrub fire threatened orchards, oil fields and homes while displacing thousands of residents in Southern California on Friday, even as diminishing winds helped fire crews tame a rash of wildfires elsewhere across the state. The latest in a spate of conflagrations that have kept California firefighters on the go
The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 23, 2019. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – The United Nations has confirmed that this year’s climate change talks will take place in Madrid in December, after Chile withdrew from hosting this week
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco (TSCO.L) has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its environmental impact and meet growing consumer demand for less waste. FILE PHOTO: A Tesco supermarket is seen, in west London on September
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – More wildfires ignited near Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of gusting desert winds that have fanned flames and displaced thousands of people. Fire is seen in Simi Valley, California, U.S. October 30, 2019, in this social media image. Courtesy
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – A herd of 500 goats helped save California’s Ronald Reagan library from a wildfire on Wednesday, after the voracious animals earlier this year ate flammable scrub surrounding the hilltop complex. The hired goats munched through brush to create a fire break that slowed the blaze and let firefighters douse flames
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A broken tree branch blown into power lines by high winds likely sparked the wildfire that has driven thousands of residents from their homes around the famed Getty Center museum in Los Angeles, the city fire department said on Tuesday. The findings, based on evidence from the site where flames erupted
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union should revise its fiscal rules to allow governments to spend more on policies to fight climate change and infrastructure, an independent advisory body said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: European Flags flutter outside the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo With the euro zone’s
FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are seen on the roof of a public housing block in Singapore September 23, 2018. Picture taken September 23, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas White SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Natural gas will continue to play a dominant role in generating electricity in Singapore while the city-state plans to scale up the use of renewable energy,
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Air pollution in some parts of the Indian capital deteriorated early on Monday to the worst recorded level, officials said, a day after revelers set off fireworks to mark Diwali in celebrations that were more subdued than in previous years. The air quality index, which measures the concentration of poisonous particulate
JAKARTA (Reuters) – The scene is much like any other Indonesian puppet show: the beat of the gongs is frenetic, the musicians wear intricately-patterned traditional costumes and the puppets sway back and forth in a fast-paced exchange laced with maniacal laughter. Puppets made out of plastic waste are displayed in a primary school in Mataram
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Sunday called for an end to the plundering of the Amazon basin, as he closed an assembly of Roman Catholic bishops who discussed the challenges the Church faces in the region. Pope Francis leads a Mass to close a three-week synod of Amazonian bishops at the Vatican, October
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California firefighters raced against time on Saturday as they cut defensive lines against a wildfire in Sonoma County’s famed wine country and authorities ordered 50,000 people to evacuate, ahead of winds that are forecast to pick up at night and spread the flames. The expanded evacuation orders came as the utility
(Reuters) – California firefighters aided by subsiding winds on Friday took the offensive against two major wildfires at opposite ends of the state, one displacing 50,000 suburban Los Angeles residents and another roaring through Sonoma County’s famed wine country. Firefighters battle a fire, as a wind driven wildfire continues to burn in Canyon Country north