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Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty’s house – finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat. It … Read More

With increasingly frequent and intense summer heatwaves, Europe needs to overhaul its urban infrastructure in order to handle rising temperatures, said Dr. Chloe Brimicombe, climate scientist at the Royal Meteorological … Read More

Thousands of tonnes of toxic waste lie buried beneath one of Europe’s most important groundwater reserves in the town of Wittelsheim in France’s Alsace region. French authorities decided in June … Read More

The Green Deal is often seen as the flagship project of the previous EU mandate. But after last year’s European elections, in which right-wing parties performed well, the Green Deal … Read More

In Lithuania, baby seals have been released into the Baltic Sea after being abandoned by their mother and taken into care by scientists. More and more seals are being abandoned … Read More

Ghana is already known as a “fast-fashion graveyard”, but a new study has shown unwanted clothing is now being dumped beyond urban areas. Reporters at Unearthed, working with Greenpeace Africa, … Read More

In the UK, an ongoing crackdown on environmental activists is becoming ever tighter. Those who cause “public nuisance” by sitting on a road to block it, or spraying paint on … Read More

A wildfire that reached France’s second-largest city and left 110 injured was in ‘’net regression”, after racing toward the historic Mediterranean port city, but was not yet fully extinguished. Spurred … Read More

As thousands continue searching for the 160 people reported missing in the Texas flash floods on Wednesday, concerns grew that the death toll could be significantly higher than the 119 … Read More

Around 2,300 people died of heat-related causes across 12 European cities during the severe heatwave that ended last week, according to a rapid scientific analysis published on Wednesday. FRANCE 24’s … Read More