Column: Europe’s industry will feel the sting of high and rising carbon costs

Kmart pushes Australian Wesfarmers to boost profits due to lockdown

LITTLETON, Colorado, Feb 23 (Reuters) – This week’s rise in European carbon prices to above 100 euros ($107) a tonne sends an ominous signal to European manufacturers and heavy industry, who have so far been holding back. emission reduction. EU carbon prices According to the latest available data from the European Environment Agency (EEA) for … Read more

World Bank board intends to select next president by early May, US nominee expected shortly

World Bank board intends to select next president by early May, US nominee expected shortly

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s executive board is looking to select a new president by early May after it was revealed last week that David Malpass would leave the top job long before his contract expired in April 2024, the bank said in a statement. posted late at night. on Wednesday. The … Read more

World Bank board intends to select next president by early May, US nominee expected shortly

World Bank board intends to select next president by early May, US nominee expected shortly

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The World Bank’s executive board is looking to select a new president by early May after it was revealed last week that David Malpass would leave the top job long before his contract expired in April 2024, the bank said in a statement. posted late at night. on Wednesday. The … Read more

New Mexico ranchers call on court to stop plan to shoot wild cattle from helicopter

New Mexico ranchers call on court to stop plan to shoot wild cattle from helicopter

February 22 (Reuters) – Cattle ranchers on Wednesday asked a federal judge to stop the US Forest Service from shooting dozens of wild animals from a helicopter in New Mexico’s Gila Desert, arguing that the planned shooting is inhumane and could harm their business. Ranchers and local business owners told U.S. District Judge James Browning … Read more

New Mexico ranchers call on court to stop plan to shoot wild cattle from helicopter

New Mexico ranchers call on court to stop plan to shoot wild cattle from helicopter

February 22 (Reuters) – Cattle ranchers on Wednesday asked a federal judge to stop the US Forest Service from shooting dozens of wild animals from a helicopter in New Mexico’s Gila Desert, arguing that the planned shooting is inhumane and could harm their business. Ranchers and local business owners told U.S. District Judge James Browning … Read more

Search and rescue officials say the New Zealand cyclone went missing in Hawke’s Bay.

Search and rescue officials say the New Zealand cyclone went missing in Hawke's Bay.

WELLINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – The number of people missing in New Zealand’s Hawke’s Bay after Cyclone Gabriel is now in single digits, search and rescue officials said Thursday, 10 days after the worst storm that has hit the country in recent decades has swept across the country. region. Gabrielle killed at least 11 people … Read more

US proposes first wind power lease sale in Gulf of Mexico

Kmart pushes Australian Wesfarmers to boost profits due to lockdown

WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday proposed its first sale of rights to develop offshore wind power in the Gulf of Mexico, which will help the Biden administration reach its goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of wind power by the end of the decade. The Department of the Interior published an … Read more

Gas supplies to Germany secured for next winter, economic institute says

Gas supplies to Germany secured for next winter, economic institute says

BERLIN, Feb 22 (Reuters) – Germany is unlikely to face gas shortages this winter and should stop converting floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to fixed terminals, according to a study by the economics institute DIW published by Reuters. Wednesday. In the most likely scenario, Germany will have sufficient stocks of around 87 billion cubic … Read more

Avian flu kills sea lions and thousands of pelicans in Peru’s protected areas

Avian flu kills sea lions and thousands of pelicans in Peru's protected areas

February 21 (Reuters) – Avian flu has killed tens of thousands of birds, mostly pelicans, and at least 716 sea lions in protected areas across Peru, authorities said as the H5N1 strain spreads across the region. In Peru, the first case of the virus was reported in November in birds in the north of the … Read more

German Ministry of Economy highlights measures to accelerate energy transition

German Ministry of Economy highlights measures to accelerate energy transition

FRANKFURT, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Germany has identified three key measures, including financial support to develop energy transition technologies while boosting clean energy production and transmission, Economics Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday. “We have to strengthen the renewable energy production capacity in Germany and Europe,” he said at a press conference. Habek said the … Read more