Environmentalists are calling on the Biden administration to finalize drinking water standards as soon as possible WASHINGTON – A date published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found toxic polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS, in the drinking water of 26 million people in the U.S. These chemicals are used in a variety...
ANKARA, Turkiye – Extreme temperatures, heat waves, and forest fires are wreaking havoc in various parts of Turkey, particularly in Eskişehir province, where the mercury has risen to a record 49.5 degrees Celsius (121.1 degrees Fahrenheit). Turkiye’s Minister of Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change, Mehmet Oezhaseki, has c...
HELENA, Montana – A Montana state judge has ruled in favor of 16 young residents who claimed the state violated their constitutional rights by encouraging fossil fuel extraction. The plaintiffs, who range in age from 5 to 22, argued that the Montana Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) violates the Montana Constitution because it prevents the...
-Authorities have appealed to people to stay indoors and avoid landslide-prone areas NEW DELHI, India – Heavy rains have killed at least 33 people and injured many others in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. In the state capital Shimla, a landslide at a temple killed at least nine people. According to the state […]
WASHINGTON – As environmentalists urge President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency, he said such an emergency practically already exists. He said the emergency is “for all practical purposes” already there, although he has not declared it. Pointing to steps his administration has taken, he said the U.S. has joined the ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii – At least 55 people have died and 1,000 are missing in devastating wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The fire has also destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, the former capital of Hawaii. Many of the buildings burned to the ground. The fires were fueled by unusually dry weather and 80-mile-per-hour […]
TEHRAN, Iran – Residents of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province are protesting agiainst the water crisis in the region. Protesters demanded that President Ebrahim Raisi visit the region and urged the establishment of a High Council to address the crisis. The water crisis has also negatively impacted the region’s agricultural and ind...
WASHINGTON (AA) – Four U.S. senators have called on the Justice Department to sue the fossil fuel industry for its carefully coordinated campaign of climate change denial. Senators Bernie Sanders, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley and Elizabeth Warren said the fossil fuel industry has spent millions of dollars to obscure the public’s underst...
ANKARA (AA) – Forest fires have destroyed about 82 million hectares of forest worldwide in the last 10 years. According to Global Forest Watch (GFW), the worst forest fires occurred in Australia, Russia, Canada, and the U.S. In Australia, the 2019-2020 bushfires were the largest in the last 10 years, destroying more than 24 million […]...
JAKARTA, Indonesia – An Indonesian women’s group is preparing to help people if El Niño triggers severe wildfires in the coming months. Aisyiyah, the oldest women’s organization, has reopened its “oxygen houses” in Kalimantan and Sumatra. It had established these houses in 2019 when 3.1 million hectares of land in Indon...
