Canadian wildfire emissions double previous record as flames rage on
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Forest fires in Canada this year have released 290 million tonnes of carbon, doubling a previous annual record, and emissions are set to rise as hundreds of flames remain active across the country, according to the EU’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service. The estimated Canadian fires emissions account for over 25 per cent of […]
Wildfire rips through Algeria, killing 42 people including soldiers
Algiers, AlgeriaReuters Forest fires in Algeria killed 42 people on Tuesday, including 25 soldiers deployed to help put out the blaze, the government said, as thick clouds of smoke covered much of the mountainous Kabylie region east of the capital. Dozens of separate fires have raged through forest areas across northern Algeria since Monday night […]
Fighting fire with…volunteers? Indonesia ramps up community fire brigades as tropical forests burn
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Thousands of volunteers fighting forest fires in Indonesia will receive a boost in funding that could help stem air pollution and reduce emissions, according to a United Nations official. About 7,000 farmers have been trained to tackle fires since 2013 in a pioneering United Nations-backed project aimed at saving tropical […]
AMAZON FIRES: HOW BLAZES ARE DEEPENING A SPLIT BETWEEN BRAZIL’S EVANGELICALS AND FELLOW CHRISTIANS
EDUARDO CAMPOS LIMA, of Religion News Service, reports…
Indonesians hope “milestone” ruling will dampen haze-fire risks
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Green groups have urged the Indonesian government to step up help for hundreds of thousands of people made sick by forest fires and the haze they cause each year, after the nation’s top court ruled Jakarta must do more to stem the problem. The Supreme Court last week upheld rulings […]