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Climate change protesters call on Siemens to quit coal mine project

They say coal-fired power plants contribute to global warming and want German firm Siemens to pull out of the project.

Australia

Australia bushfires: What countries have offered international aid?

Volunteer firefighters have been on the frontlines as roughly five million hectares of land have burned in Australia. Which countries have offered to help?

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Australia bushfires: heavy smoke slows down rescue teams

Catastrophic bushfires have turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened landscapes and destroyed an area about the size of the island of Ireland, according to official figures, with authorities warning the disaster still has weeks or months to run.

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Heartwarming and heartbreaking tweets from the Australian wildfires

People are determined to keep going in the face of tragedy.

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Evacuations underway with Australia's wildfires set to worsen

It's one of the largest in Australia's history.

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Raging wildfires and huge plumes of smoke in Lake Conjola, Australia

Thousands of tourists fled Australia's wildfire-ravaged eastern coast Thursday ahead of worsening conditions

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Terrifying moment as Australian firefighters drive through flames

The footage was recorded as the flames moved in on the Australian firefighters.

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Fire destroys around 150 homes in Valparaiso, Chile

Authorities suggest the blaze was started deliberately.

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Australian firefighters tackle bushfires as heatwave briefly eases

A brief period of milder conditions are giving South Australia's Country Fire Service a chance at bringing a 25,000-hectare blaze to heel.

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Watch: Thirsty koala gets a drink of water as wildfires rage

Cudlee Creek: Koala gets a refreshing drink of water as wildfires rage

Australia

Australia's biggest forest fire ever rages on near Sydney

New South Wales where Sydney lies remains under a state of emergency as around 2000 firefighters struggle to limit around 100 wildfires. But there's no way to put them out completely, only rain could do that.

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State of emergency declared as wildfires rage in Australia

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency Thursday as oppressive conditions fanned around 100 wildfires.

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Woman endangers herself to rescue scorched koala from Australian bushfire

A woman rescued a badly burnt and wailing koala from an Australian bushfire on Tuesday (November 19) The marsupial was spotted crossing a road amongst the flames near Long Flat in New South Wales

Australia

In pictures: Australia's 'unprecedented' wildfires seen from space

The fires have rekindled the debate about the climate crisis in the country, which is one of the world's largest exporters of coal.

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Brazilians protest Amazon deforestation outside EU Commission

A group of Brazilian indigenous people burned a tree and held banners outside the European Council in Brussels on Tuesday in a protest against fires in the Amazon forest

Green News

Eco-friendly palm oil 'is a con', says Greenpeace

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil clapped back, saying Greenpeace had 'misunderstood' its methods.

World

Wildfires destroyed 178,000 hectares of land across Europe in 2018

Forest fires struck in more European countries than ever before. Last year, wildfires destroyed nearly 178,000 hectares of land across the continent. That’s according to a new report by the EU Commission, which says it’s having to spend more to protect our countryside.

World

12 million hectares have burnt, three times more than last year

Wildfires are still raging in the Amazon rainforest. 12 million hectares have burnt so far, three times more than last year. In Bolivia, over 5,000 people are fighting the blaze, but it is still out of control. Euronews Aid Zone reporter Monica Pinna recently returned from the affected area.

World

Bolivia receives EU support to tackle Amazon wildfires

In partnership with The European Commission

The Amazon is on fire, and not only in Brazil. Since July, Bolivia has lost two million hectares of forest, pushing its government to call on the EU to step in.

Brazil

Euroviews. Sens. Schatz and Murphy: Trump won't act on Brazil's forest fires. Congress will ǀ View

For President Donald Trump, maintaining his personal friendship with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — another right-wing leader with authoritarian tendencies — is seemingly more important than leading the charge against the disaster unfolding in Brazil.