WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to approve a bipartisan bill to suspend the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, just five da[...]
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Environment
Bunge, Viterra merger would create global agriculture trading giant
By Karl Plume (Reuters) – A merger of U.S. grains merchant Bunge Ltd with rival Viterra would grow the combined entity’s businesses in the U.S., Brazil and Australia and may raise competit[...]
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Global airlines group to boost focus on non-CO2 emissions
By Joanna Plucinska LONDON (Reuters) – Global airlines are setting up a task force to deal with non-carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, stepping up efforts to tackle cloudy streaks formed by aircraf[...]
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Chevron shareholders reject proposals on climate at annual general meeting
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Oil major Chevron Corp’s shareholders overwhelmingly voted against proposals on climate, including emissions. About 90.4% of preliminary votes cast were against a propo[...]
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Analysis-US debt deal’s energy permitting reforms leave thorniest issues for later
By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The bipartisan U.S. debt deal’s provisions to speed up energy infrastructure permitting will make it easier to build fossil[...]
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Cargill to sell China poultry unit to private equity firm DCP Capital
By Dominique Patton BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill said it is selling its poultry business in China to private equity firm DCP Capital, exiting a Chinese meat market that ha[...]
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Boeing 737 MAX relatives may pursue pre-impact victim compensation claims
By David Shepardson (Reuters) – A U.S. judge ruled late on Tuesday that relatives of those killed in a 2019 Boeing 737 MAX Ethiopian Airlines crash may seek compensation for pain and suffering o[...]
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Environmental platform urges more than 1,600 high-emitting firms to disclose data
LONDON (Reuters) – More than 1,600 companies identified by non-profit platform CDP as having the biggest impact on the environment are not disclosing environmental data, it said as it launched i[...]
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Exclusive – EU’s Breton to discuss AI rules with OpenAI CEO in June
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry chief Thierry Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in San Francisco next month to discuss how the company will implement the bloc’s world[...]
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