BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Years of fierce lobbying against draft EU rules that would label fuel from tar sands as more polluting than from other sources produced a stalemate on Thursday when a committee ... RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan (Reuters) - Very little was left standing in the Japanese city of Rikuzentakata after a huge tsunami tore through nearly a year ago. Even the centuries-old pine forest by the sea ... COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - The family holding company that controls Danish toymaker Lego has agreed to buy 32 percent of a German offshore wind energy project from Denmark's DONG Energy for more than ... (Reuters) - The biggest lobster ever caught in Maine, a 27-pounder nicknamed "Rocky" with claws tough enough to snap a man's arm, will be released shortly after being trapped in a shrimp net last ... The practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock from mining operations in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists ... OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Repairs to critical Missouri River levees damaged or destroyed by flooding last summer are on schedule to be completed before the traditional start of the runoff season on ... The Ministry of Defence is to de-classify submarine data in order to help shed light on climate change in the Arctic ... Urgent government action is the only thing that can stem the crisis facing the Mediterranean's wetlands ... |