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Here's what to expect from Senate's tax, climate and healthcare bill

After more than a year of stop-and-start negotiations, Democrats on Sunday agreed to a narrow bill to invest in energy initiatives, curb drug prices and reduce the deficit

Senate Democrats fend off changes to $430-bn climate and drug Bill

Senators, working over the weekend to pass a bill central to Biden's domestic agenda, labored through the morning in hopes of passing the bill before starting an August recess

Climate change making weather prediction difficult across world: IMD DG

The IMD is bolstering its observational network with the augmentation of radars, automatic weather stations and rain gauges and satellites to improve predictability, says the official

Water-wisdom for climate change

We need to scale up our work to invest in local water systems to capture every drop of rain so that we can build local resilience against drought

India updated climate ambitions post-pandemic, needs appreciation: Experts

Experts have welcomed India's updated Nationally Determined Contribution, saying that the country enhanced its climate ambitions in the post-pandemic scenario needs to be emphasised and appreciated

Amended Energy Conservation Bill seeks to build carbon credit market

Will also embrace green fuels, industrial energy efficiency

Kerala rains: State economy takes a beating amid change in weather pattern

Preliminary industry estimates suggest losses of Rs 200 cr at least over last 4 days; no respite for state as 10 districts put on red alert

Kamala Harris to announce $1 bn for states for floods, extreme heat

Vice President Kamala Harris called climate change an "immediate" and "urgent" crisis as she detailed Biden administration efforts to respond to disasters such as deadly flooding in Kentucky

We exposed exaggerated claims by developed nations on climate finance: Govt

India's efforts have exposed exaggerated claims by developed countries that the goal of mobilising $100 billion per year to help developing countries is close to being met, the government said

Climate change made deadly UK heatwave at least 10 times more likely

The UK's heat wave earlier this month fueled so many blazes in London that the city's fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II

Biden's climate change legislation gets a big push from fellow Democrats

Climate control is part of the legislation more popularly known as Build Back Better agenda -- an ambitious plan to comprehensively rewrite the US's health, education, climate and tax laws.

To save the planet, it is time poor nations get paid for protection

DRC is the first developing nation to decide if rich countries aren't serious about paying the costs that their carbon emissions will impose on poorer ones, they will have to raise the cash themselves

Board-level engagement in banks on climate risk inadequate: RBI survey

The survey pointed out a majority of the banks did not have a separate business unit or vertical for sustainability and ESG-related initiatives

Oil, geopolitics, and climate change

Crude oil still commands its place in the fuel market, but investments in oil exploration have gone down as concerns about climate change grow

US announces plans to plant more trees as climate change kills off forests

The Biden administration on Monday announced plans to replant trees on millions of acres of burned and dead woodlands

California wildfires: 14,000 acres land destroyed, 6000 people displaced

According to CNN, the state fire officials said that the fire began on Friday and remained 0 per cent contained on Sunday in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada near the small community of Midpines

Heatwave in Europe underscores need for action to fight climate change: WHO

As the Europe reels from the effects of a prolonged heatwave responsible for a series of ferocious wildfires regional governments have been urged by WHO to implement the Paris climate agreement

Climate change adding layer of vulnerability to fragile Himalayas: Experts

Climate change and ill-planned human interventions in the Himalayas have accentuated the vulnerability of the hills to disasters, resulting in a manifold increase in loss of property and human lives

Luton Airport runway meltdown shows airports vulnerable to climate change

The temporary disruption at London's Luton Airport on Monday when soaring temperatures caused a small section of the asphalt to lift is an example of the challenges airports face

Over 1,000 killed in Spain's heatwave; temperature tops 40 deg C

Spain's Ministry of Health said on Thursday that 1,047 people died in this year's second heatwave as temperatures topped 40 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country over the past 10 days