It’s a ship captain’s worst nightmare – the sick accident and the ear-splitting, grinding crescendo when your ship runs aground. That was the fate of the MV Wakashio, as it ran on July 25 in Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. No human lives were lost, but the environmental consequences have …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government on Wednesday proposed changes to regulations that would allow showerheads to increase water pressure, after President Donald Trump repeatedly complained that bathroom fixtures did not work to his liking. PHOTO PHOTO: US President Donald Trump rules out administrative efforts to restrict federal regulation during …
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KUANTAN, Malaysia (Reuters) – Some skin, egg and tissue samples are all left over from Malaysia’s last rhino, Iman, who died last November after years of failed breeding efforts. Now scientists are pinning their hopes on experimental stem cell technology to bring back the Malaysian variant of the Sumatran rhinoceros, …
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LONDON (Reuters) – The British government has embroiled in an unlikely series with ice maker Ben and Jerry’s over its approach to migrants arriving by boat from France, after the market criticized the increasingly bellicose rhetoric. Migrants prepare remotely at the port of Dover, in Dover, UK 12 August 2020. …
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BRAZIL (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday angrily denied the existence of fires in the Amazon rainforest, calling it a ‘lie’, despite data produced by his own government showing thousands of fires in run the whole region. A Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) member …
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