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Wildfires Rage Across Europe as Climate Alarm Sounded
Date: July 21, 2022
By Renee Maltezou and Kate Holton ATHENS/LONDON (Reuters) – Emergency services battled wildfires across swathes of southern Europe amid mass evacuations on Wednesday, as warnings sounded in London after Britain’s hottest day that the fight against climate change needed to be stepped up. Hundreds fled in central Italy as gas tanks exploded in a forest...
Biden Stops Short of Declaring Climate Emergency, Takes Steps on Wind Power
Date: July 20, 2022
By Jeff Mason and Timothy Gardner SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that climate change is an emergency but stopped short of a formal declaration, announcing a modest package of executive actions and promising more aggressive efforts. Biden made the comments during a visit to Massachusetts and as a historic heat...
Britain Counts Cost of Historic Heatwave as 13 Die
Date: July 20, 2022
By Kate Holton and William James LONDON (Reuters) -At least 13 people have died in Britain while swimming during a spell of record-breaking hot weather that sparked wildfires, damaged train tracks and triggered warnings that efforts to tackle climate change needed to be stepped up. The London Fire Brigade endured its busiest day since World...
Madrid Street-Sweeper’s Death Prompts Curbs on Heatwave Working Hours
Date: July 20, 2022
MADRID (Reuters) – The death of a Madrid street-sweeper from heat stroke has prompted companies providing the service in the Spanish capital to adopt measures including halting work during heatwaves, the Madrid mayor announced. José Antonio Gonzalez, 60, died on Saturday after collapsing at work the previous day. Emergency services said his body temperature was...
France Battles Massive Wildfires, Britain Records Highest Ever Temperature
Date: July 19, 2022
By Kylie MacLellan and Dominique Vidalon LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Firefighters in southwestern France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature as a heatwave rising from the south settled over western Europe. Southern and western Germany and Belgium were also braced for potentially record-breaking temperatures as the heatwave, which...
Air Pollution Surges as Heatwave Sweeps Across Europe
Date: July 19, 2022
By Gloria Dickie LONDON (Reuters) – Air pollution is spiking across Britain, France, and southern Europe amid record-breaking temperatures and scorching wildfires. Scientists with the EU Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) warned https://atmosphere.copernicus.eu/copernicus-scientists-warn-very-high-ozone-pollution-heatwave-continues-across-europe on Tuesday of unhealthy levels of ozone pollution across southern and western Europe which could soon affect northwestern regions. The World Health...