South Lake Tahoe, United States (AFP) Sept 13, 2021 California is burning. Wildfires are tearing through the US state at an alarming rate and heating up the vote on recalling the embattled governor. Democrat Gavin Newsom’s detractors blame him for all of California’s ills: from the housing crisis to the march of Covid-19. And the record-breaking fire season – shaping up to be the worst … Continue reading California burning: Wildfires heat up governor recall vote

Bogota (AFP) Sept 12, 2021 A record 227 people were killed worldwide in 2020 for their defense of nature – more than four a week on average, and almost three-quarters of them in Latin America, environmental rights organization Global Witness said Sunday. For the second year in a row, Colombia was the country with the highest number of killings – 65 – while Nicaragua had … Continue reading Another deadly year for LatAm environment defenders

Baghdad (AFP) Sept 12, 2021 Iraq on Sunday received a donation of more than 100,000 AstraZeneca doses against Covid-19 from Italy via vaccine-sharing facility Covax, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said. More than four million people in Iraq, or around 10 percent of its 40 million inhabitants, have received at least one coronavirus vaccine jab, according to the health ministry. Healthcare workers say they are … Continue reading Iraq receives over 100,000 coronavirus vaccine doses

Goma, Dr Congo (AFP) Sept 9, 2021 Illegal logging, charcoal production and poaching in and around Virunga National Park, the famed sanctuary of mountain gorillas in eastern DR Congo, are enriching armed groups in the troubled region, local NGOs say. “The majority of armed groups active in North Kivu (province) have set up bases in and around the park,” raking in hundreds of thousands of … Continue reading Armed groups benefit from poaching, logging in Congo reserve, say NGOs

Rome (AFP) Sept 10, 2021 A tornado hit the Sicilian island of Pantelleria on Friday, killing two people and seriously injuring four others, the civil protection agency said. The whirlwind “hit and overturned six cars”, the agency said in a post on Facebook, with photographs showing one vehicle thrown against a house and another lying battered in a field. It said an off-duty fireman was … Continue reading Tornado kills two on Sicily island

La Paz, Mexico (AFP) Sept 10, 2021 Tropical storm Olaf swept across Mexico’s Baja California peninsula on Friday, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the major beach resorts of Los Cabos before losing its hurricane force. Olaf made landfall near the city of San Jose del Cabo late Thursday as a Category Two hurricane packing maximum winds of 100 miles (160 kilometers) per hour, … Continue reading Storm Olaf drenches Mexico’s Baja California

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Athens GA (SPX) Sep 09, 2021 A growing number of American households are deemed high-risk for wildfire due to factors including climate change, drought and a growth of neighborhoods on the margins of cities and towns. And this increased risk could present serious financial burdens to lower-income households unless systems are put in place to help underserved communities, according to Matthew Auer, dean of the … Continue reading The growing threat of wildfires in America

Paris (ESA) Sep 03, 2021 After many technical and programmatic challenges, the first satellite of the next generation of the Meteosat family has taken a major step towards its first flight, currently scheduled for launch in autumn 2022. Following on from the success of the first and second generation of Meteosat satellites, the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) will soon take over the reins to ensure … Continue reading Meteosat Gen 3 takes major step towards its first launch

Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 09, 2021 Understanding the environmental conditions under which early humans dispersed out of Africa is important for understanding the factors that affected human evolution. This is a topical question that remains debated. A recent study prepared in collaboration with researchers from the University of Helsinki and the Universities of Granada, Tarragona, Zaragoza, Barcelona, Salamanca, Madrid and Tubinghttp://dlvr.it/S7JZnW Continue reading Environmental conditions of early humans in Europe