ENVIRONMENT

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Greenland research centre suspends new work with US
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Greenland's top environmental and natural-resource research centre is stopping new collaboration with US partners to protect its data and scientists, its head s...
Top US science body readies climate report as Republicans push back
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
The United States' leading scientific body is set Thursday to launch a major report on the link between climate change and extreme weather, a growing research f...
CORRECTED: Toronto air ranked among world's worst as wildfire smoke billows south
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Toronto had the worst air quality of any major city in the world on Wednesday, the Swiss firm IQAir said, as Canadian authorities urged people to stay indoors.
Unexploded munitions hamper fight against German park fire
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Unexploded munitions are hampering efforts by firefighters to tackle a blaze in a national park in northern Germany, local officials said Wednesday.
Protecting the protectors: racing to save Philippine mangroves
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Standing knee-deep in coastal waters, environmentalist Andrea Pimentel guides workers as they drive bamboo poles into the seabed to block sediment from choking ...
One dead as Algeria battles wildfires
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires burning across northern Algeria have killed a municipal worker who was taking part in firefighting, media reports said Wednesday.
French forest fire suspect taken into custody: prosecutor
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
A volunteer firefighter who was suspected of starting a fire in France's historic Fontainebleau forest, was placed under formal investigation and remanded in cu...
Netherlands records 900 excess deaths during heatwave
Jul 15, 2026 (AFP)
The Netherlands registered more than 900 excess deaths in late June and early July as a heatwave scorched western Europe, health authorities said Wednesday, the...
Wildlife rescuers help birds survive Pakistan's hotter summers
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Cradling an Asian koel in his hands, wildlife officer Zaheer Ahmed gently stretched its wings as part of a health checkup to rehabilitate birds hit with dehydra...
Too hot: Buttoned-up Tokyo officials ditch suits for 'cool' shorts
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
On a hot, humid day in Tokyo, metropolitan government official Noboru Watanabe overcame embarrassment to come to work in shorts, an unusual choice in a country ...
NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...
First half of summer Spain's hottest on record: weather agency
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Mainland Spain registered its hottest first half of the summer since records began in 1961, with two heatwaves sending temperatures soaring, national weather ag...
NY pauses new large data center projects for one year
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York will stop issuing permits for new large-scale data centers in the state for one year, according to an order signed by the governor on Tuesday.
Record-smashing US heat wave surges from West to East
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the West toward the East Coast, placing nearly 100 million Americans under heat alerts.
Dangote's mega oil project threatens fragile Kenyan ecosystem: Greenpeace
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Climate rights group Greenpeace Africa called on Tuesday for a halt to a proposed mega oil refinery project by Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, in Kenya's c...
Green groups sue to block Trump rule gutting species habitat protections
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Conservation groups sued US President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday, accusing it of gutting a core protection in the Endangered Species Act by excluding...
Germany recorded 32 percent spike in deaths in June heatwave
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
Deaths in Germany spiked 32 percent during a record heatwave in June compared to levels in the previous four years, official data showed Tuesday.
NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...
Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the Mountain West toward the eastern United States and Canada, placing more than 100 million people under...
UK climate now hotter, sunnier: weather agency
Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)
The UK climate is profoundly different compared to typical British weather last century, with constantly rising temperatures and frequent extreme events, the na...
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