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Firefighters in Türkiye continue to battle multiple blazes burning for a third day in several areas across the country’s west. The country's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, AFAD, says more than 131 forest fires have erupted in the past week. But Agriculture and Forestry Minister, Ibrahim Yumaklı, said most had been brought under control. He said the current situation doesn't warrant an international appeal for assistance but advised caution through the weekend. "We are in a critical period and must remain vigilant until Sunday. Our teams will respond day and night to any inciden...
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The sun on Katharina Mueller's balcony isn't just helping grow her plants, it's also providing her electricity. “Utilising the sun and of course, ultimately, for me, saving some money, but it's also the entire idea of it. I just have to put something up, use what's already there, and I benefit as well. How can you say no to that?,” said Mueller, who got her solar panels put up this year. Germany is seeing a boom in balcony solar panels, with an over 50% increase in the registration of solar panels in the second quarter of this year compared to last year's strongest quarter. Karolina Attspodina...
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It's the middle of August and the thermometers are soaring, but not everyone can escape the city and Spain's high temperatures. Big cities are offering more and more options to stay cool and entertained, such as the Madrid City Council's 'Refugiate en la Cultura' initiative. Faced with the large influx of tourists and citizens staying in the capital, "we are looking for them to take refuge in culture, especially during the intense hours of heat," Rafael Cabrera Yagüe, general director of cultural activities at Madrid City Council, tells Euronews. The initiative proposes 15-minute flamenco micr...
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Ongoing heat waves have triggered fires throughout the Balkans and southern Europe, with countries such as Bulgaria and Albania currently receiving international firefighting aid through an EU support system. Serbia has sent helicopters to North Macedonia to help combat wildfires that continue to burn out of control in heatwave temperatures in the landlocked Balkan country. Firefighting helicopters were also being used on the slopes of Mount Kozjak, near the Prohor Pcinjski monastery in South Serbia. Large wildfires in parts of North Macedonia this week destroyed and damaged homes, forced evac...
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Extreme heat continues to scorch Europe, with nine municipalities across Spain under orange warnings for high temperatures. According to Spain’s Meteorological Agency (AEMET), the hottest region is expected to be Andalusia, where the temperature is set to rise to 42 degrees Celsius in the provinces of Granada and Jaén and trigger orange alert warnings. "I would say that in the end you don't do anything in summer. I mean, you can only go out after eight in the evening because you can't do anything in this heat," said a resident in Madrid. The AEMET warns that with the orange alert, there is an ...
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For several days, fish have been dying in the Orbetello lagoon in Tuscany. Some attribute this to a lack of oxygen in the water, potentially caused by Valonia algae, or even due to chemical levels that are out of control.
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EU hopes of locking tremendous volumes of CO2 underground to mitigate climate change have hit another obstacle, with big emitters warning that prospective storage operators are demanding the greenhouse gas first be purified to a point where it ceases to be economically viable. The European Commission yesterday published fresh guidelines for the implementation of a CO2 Storage Directive dating back to 2009, but the trade association Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Europe has warned the EU executive has failed to address the issue of CO2 purity. Director Chris Davies said the law was essential ...
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Several countries across southern Europe have issued extreme weather warnings due to potentially dangerous heat. Greece’s Culture Ministry has ordered the iconic Acropolis to closed for several hours in the middle of the day. Meteorologists said hot air coming from Africa will continue baking the nation until Sunday. Temperatures on Thursday are expected to reach 43 degrees Celsius. In Croatia, authorities have Croatia reported the highest-ever temperatures of the Adriatic Sea. In Dubrovnik, thousands of tourists looked for shade to hide from the blazing sun while exploring the city, while peo...
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A two-day informal summit on environment drew to a close today, with host Hungary hailing progress on water resilience and cross border pollution in talks overshadowed by anger at the government’s use of it’s turn as EU Council presidency holder to further its own political agenda. Hungary invited EU countries to investigate how much cross-border transfer of particulate matter, a harmful form of air pollution caused by burning fossil fuels and road transport, contribute to poor air quality in their own territories, and how much of it they might be exporting to their neighbours, Hungarian envir...
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From reversing a ban on petrol and diesel cars to lifting protection for wolves, the EPP’s environment spokesperson Peter Liese has outlined what the centre-right party hopes to achieve in the next five years. The German Christian Democrat, a former medical doctor and an MEP since 1994, said he is confident of being re-appointed as the group’s environment spokesperson tomorrow (4 july), when the EPP plans to adopt its policy agenda for the coming parliament term. Leaks earlier this week suggest the group wants to pause or even reverse aspects of the EU Green Deal, the flagship policy agenda of...
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