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Phoenix, Vegas, Denver post records as U.S. Southwest hit with heat wave
Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver and California’s Death Valley all posted record temperatures on Saturday, June 12, 2022, as dangerous heat swept across the American Southwest.
Portugal baked under severe drought in May
Almost the whole of Portugal was in severe drought at the end of May, the country’s weather service said on Thursday, June 9, 2022.
EU endorses ban on cars with internal-combustion engines
The spotlight is on a provision that would force automakers to lower carbon-dioxide emissions by 100 per cent in 2035, a step that would amount to an EU prohibition that year on the sale of new cars powered by gasoline or diesel.
For $300 billion the EU can ditch Russian energy
The European Union’s executive arm moved on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, to jump−start plans for the 27−nation bloc to abandon Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, proposing a nearly 300 billion−euro ($315 billion) package that includes more efficient use of fuels and faster rollout of renewable power.
Buying Russian oil helps fund war against Ukraine: Pelosi
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made energy independence more important than ever during a climate conference in South Florida on Monday, May 9, 2022.
West funnels arms into Ukraine as war drags on
Canada's defence minister joined top military and defence leaders from 40 countries at Germany's Ramstein air base to work out ways to sustain military help for Ukraine.
Climate activists arrested at U.K. oil tanker climate protest
Six people have been arrested after climate change activists climbed onto an oil tanker in central London to protest investments in fossil fuel, British police said on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
Is the U.S. toying with whooping cranes’ endangered status?
“Whoopers” are the world's rarest cranes. There are about 500 birds in the natural flock, which was down to 15 in 1941.
Catherine McKenna to chair UN panel probing companies' climate efforts
The head of the United Nations announced the appointment on Thursday, March 31, 2022, of an expert panel led by Canada's former environment minister to scrutinize whether companies' efforts to curb climate change are credible or mere “ greenwashing.”
UN nuclear watchdog chief in Ukraine to organize technical safety support
The U.N. nuclear watchdog's director-general arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, for talks with senior government officials on delivering “urgent technical assistance” to ensure the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities, the agency said.