ENVIRONMENT

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Three killed as fierce winds bring chaos to Rio, Sao Paulo region
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Three people have died after powerful gusts of wind in Brazil brought chaos to Rio de Janeiro and parts of Sao Paulo state, cutting power and bringing public tr...
How an AFP beach snap became emblem of Europe's wildfire summer
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
AFP photo editor Maximilien Lamy was on holiday with his partner and daughter last week when he took a series of snapshots of vacationers in fire-struck southwe...
Spain returns wildfire evacuees as France braces for worsening weather
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands of Spaniards evacuated from the path of huge wildfires were returning home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions i...
Trump family project in Albania has already caused 'irreparable' damage: NGOs
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Preliminary work on a vast hotel project linked to the Trump family has already caused irreparable damage to a once pristine stretch of Albania's coast, scienti...
'I started crying': Battle to tame fresh blaze near French seaside
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
To one side, blue sky, to the other, ashen smog, as erratic winds fanned the flames from the forest fire threatening to raze even more of the French coast.
Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with ragi...
Three firefighters die battling blazes in Greece
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Three firefighters died battling forest blazes in Greece on Wednesday as several other fires broke out around the country, fed by gale-force winds.
Wildfires rage near Turkey's tourist beaches
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Turkish firefighters on Wednesday battled wildfires near the country's southern tourist beaches that have forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, authoriti...
CORRECTED: Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with ragi...
French maverick, oystermen stay put in ritzy fire-threatened peninsula
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Bare feet planted in the sand, 79-year-old Benoit Bartherotte oversaw bulldozers knocking down pine trees in southwest France, with a wildfire blazing just kilo...
Japan coral protectors race to save reefs from heat 'bomb'
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
From "heatwave simulators" to ecological bootcamps, scientists and conservationists are trying ways to revive and reinforce the famous coral reefs off Japan's O...
Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters battled raging flames as a new heatwave gripped the region.
Spanish wildfire evacuees go home as France hit by new heat alert
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Thousands who fled huge wildfires in Spain returned home on Wednesday while in France firefighters braced for worsening conditions in their own battle with ragi...
'I started crying': Battle to tame fresh blaze near French seaside
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
To one side, blue sky, to the other, ashen smog, as erratic winds fanned the flames from the forest fire threatening to raze even more of the French coast.
Danube drops to 'historic lows' as fresh heatwave hits
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Plummeting river levels have already brought shipping to a standstill in parts of Serbia, squeezing fuel imports and energy production -- and now heatwave warni...
Two firefighters die battling blaze on Crete: official
Jul 29, 2026 (AFP)
Two firefighters died battling a forest blaze on the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday, the fire department said as several fires broke out around the country,...
US to loosen environmental safeguards on space industry
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday said it plans to exempt its private space sector from numerous environmental regulations to accelerate the pace of space launches a...
US aims to loosen environmental safeguards to support space industry
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
The US on Tuesday said it plans to exempt the US private space sector from numerous environmental regulations, a deregulatory move aimed at accelerating the pac...
Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday but thousands more were ordered to leave...
Spain lets wildfire evacuees return but France fears flames spreading
Jul 28, 2026 (AFP)
Spanish residents forced to flee some of the worst wildfires in living memory began returning to their homes on Tuesday but thousands more were ordered to leave...
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