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Spain equalled September heat record Thursday at 45.7C: weather agency
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Spain registered its joint-highest temperature for September on record with 45.7C measured in a southwestern town as exceptional heat hits the country, weather ...
Malaysia declares haze emergency in Sarawak state on Borneo
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Malaysia declared an emergency in a region of its Sarawak state on Borneo island after hazardous haze from fires in neighbouring Indonesia drove air pollution t...
UK to approve new North Sea drilling: British media
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Britain's government is set to allow development of a controversial new gas field off its coast in the North Sea, local media reported Friday.
Panama Canal begins reducing crossings due to El Nino
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal on Friday began reducing the number of ships passing through due to a drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
After heatwaves, will EU pivot back to the climate fight?
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Is climate change set for a comeback as a top EU priority, after a deadly summer of record-breaking heatwaves across Europe?
Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares over summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to off...
Guinea buries 36 victims of Conakry landfill collapse
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Guinea held a mass funeral attended by thousands on Friday for the 36 people killed in a landfill collapse in a suburb of the capital last month following heavy...
France unveils 1 bn euro farm aid package after climate-hit summer
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
France on Friday announced more than one billion euros in emergency support for farmers after an unprecedented summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought, but a...
Trump again seeks to remove protections for wolves
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
President Donald Trump's administration on Friday pushed to drop endangered species protections for wolves, outraging conservationists who said the move would j...
Reform UK officials resign over new donations scandal
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Two senior officials resigned from Nigel Farage's hard-right Reform UK on Friday as the scandal-hit party was reported to the police over fresh allegations it f...
US Republicans announce probe into environment groups
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Republicans in Congress on Friday announced they were investigating nonprofit environmental groups over what they called their "radical lawfare campaigns" again...
Indonesia steps up wildfire fight that sparked hazardous haze
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Haze from wildfires has sent air quality to hazardous levels in parts of Borneo, Indonesian authorities said on Friday, as thousands were deployed to tackle the...
Hawaii braces for possible brush from Hurricane Lowell
Sep 04, 2026 (AFP)
Hawaii is preparing for impacts from Hurricane Lowell, which could brush by the state's westernmost islands from Monday evening, even as its exact path remains ...
El Nino could be strongest in decades, UN warns
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
El Nino is forecast to be the strongest since comparable records began four decades ago, the United Nations' climate agency warned Thursday, with the UN chief s...
20 Tunisians dead in prison due to heatwave: rights group
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Twenty prisoners have died in detention in Tunisia due to sweltering temperatures in recent weeks, the head of the Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) told ...
Study shows plug-in hybrids polluting far more than expected
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Plug-in hybrids have enjoyed a surge in popularity but a study published Thursday showed they are polluting far more than most buyers think, as they run on batt...
How El Nino is choking the Panama Canal
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal will restrict the number of vessels transiting the crucial waterway from Friday for the second time ever due to drought caused by the El Nino c...
Rare train of Pacific cyclones fueled by historic El Nino
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Two powerful hurricanes and a strengthening tropical storm on Wednesday were churning through the Pacific Ocean where waters were being warmed by a historically...
France recorded 'hottest summer ever': environment minister
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
France experienced its hottest summer on record in 2026, marked by heatwaves, drought and massive wildfires, the environment minister said on Thursday.
Indonesia rescues orangutan mother and baby from wildfire haze
Sep 03, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities rescued a mother orangutan and her baby from wildfire smoke on the island of Borneo, officials said Thursday.
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