Exclusive-India reviews $30 billion sulphur-cutting programme for coal plants

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is reviewing a decade-old $30 billion programme requiring coal-fired power plants to install equipment to cut sulphur emissions after government-backed studies showed they had little impact on curbing pollution, according to a document reviewed by Reuters

Cuba hit by magnitude 5.9 earthquake, no immediate reports of damage

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Local authorities said that as of early Monday morning no serious damage had occurred and there were no deaths or injuries. The quake was at a depth of 25 km (15.53 miles), EMSC said

France holds day of mourning for Mayotte islands devastated by cyclone

PARIS/PAMANDZI (Reuters) -France held a national day of mourning for Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory devastated by a violent cyclone on Dec. 14, beginning in the morning on Monday with a minute of silence for the scores of residents left dead by the storm

Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes Vanuatu Islands, GFZ says

Macron swears in angry exchange with residents of cyclone-hit Mayotte

MAMOUDZOU (Reuters) -Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron, who replied they would be in "deeper shit" without France as he toured the Indian Ocean archipelago

Panama president sees no environmental threat from copper at closed First Quantum mine

More than 100,000 metric tons of copper concentrate stuck at the closed First Quantum mine in Panama do not currently pose an environmental risk, Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said on Thursday

Twenty years after Indian Ocean tsunami, Thai ex-fisherman stands at the ready

BAN NAM KHEM, Thailand (Reuters) - Banlue Choosin has been monitoring the seas around Thailand's southern Phang Nga province for signs of abnormality for nearly two decades

States, environmental groups drop lawsuit over US Postal Service EV purchase plans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A group of 16 states led by California and environmental groups dropped a lawsuit filed in 2022 that sought to block the U.S. Postal Service's plan to buy mostly gas-powered, next-generation delivery vehicles

Spain's electricity demand edges up as renewables break records

The amount of electricity used in Spain has inched up this year after falling for two consecutive years, with a record 56% coming from renewable sources such as wind and solar, according to estimates on Thursday from grid operator Red Electrica

Mayotte residents demand more help from Macron after deadly cyclone

MAMOUDZOU/PARIS (Reuters) -People in storm-ravaged Mayotte implored French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to do more to help as he toured the overseas territory, where scores are feared dead in the rubble left by Cyclone Chido