ENVIRONMENT - SKY NIGHTLY

Green groups sue to block Trump rule gutting species habitat protections

Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)

Conservation groups sued US President Donald Trump's administration Tuesday, accusing it of gutting a core protection in the Endangered Species Act by excluding...

Record-smashing heat wave surges from West to eastern US, Canada

Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)

A record-smashing heat wave was spreading Tuesday from the Mountain West toward the eastern United States and Canada, placing more than 100 million people under...

NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first

Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)

New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...

NY state pauses new large data center projects in US first

Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)

New York became the first US state to halt construction of new large-scale data centers on Tuesday, with the governor signing an executive order pausing permits...

First half of summer Spain's hottest on record: weather agency

Jul 14, 2026 (AFP)

Mainland Spain registered its hottest first half of the summer since records began in 1961, with two heatwaves sending temperatures soaring, national weather ag...

Trump slashes two Utah protected areas by more than 90%

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

President Donald Trump on Monday signed executive orders slashing two national monuments in Utah to roughly a tenth of their current size, throwing open million...

Planes fight fire in Fontainebleau forest near Paris

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

France on Monday battled to contain a fire that scorched about 1,200 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of s...

Trump expected to shrink protected lands in Utah: reports

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday drastically shrinking two national monuments in Utah, paving the way for fossil fuel extrac...

Five Britons among foreign Spanish wildfire victims

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Five Britons, three Belgians and one national each from France and Spain are among the 13 victims of one of the deadliest Spanish wildfires in recent times, aut...

Wildfires ravage over 1,300 hectares of historic forest near Paris

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

France on Monday battled two fires that scorched over 1,300 hectares in a forest south of Paris on Monday, as police arrested two people suspected of arson.

CORRECTED: Three Britons among foreign Spanish wildfire victims

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Three Britons and one national each from France, Belgium and Spain have been identified as victims of a wildfire in southern Spain that killed 13 people, author...

Fontainebleau: French forest of kings, painters and hikers

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

A massive wildfire near Paris has torched swathes of a forest that has lured admirers for centuries, from royal hunting parties to impressionist painters, rock ...

Parts of UK at 'exceptional' wildfire risk as hills ablaze

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Dry, hot and windy conditions led to parts of southern England being declared at "exceptional" risk of wildfires Monday, as firefighters battled blazes on hills...

'Almost like gold': water debate rages on Italy's Aeolian Islands

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Without natural drinking water, residents of Italy's Aeolian Islands are mulling whether to build more desalination plants that will also cater to the large num...

Spanish PM urges better prevention after deadly wildfire

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday urged Spain to strengthen its prevention measures after one of the country's deadliest wildfires in recent history killed...

Three Britons among foreign Spanish wildfire victims

Jul 13, 2026 (AFP)

Three Britons and one national each from France, Belgium and Spain are among the 13 victims of one of the deadliest Spanish wildfires in recent times, authoriti...

Deadly Spain wildfire evolving favourably: official

Jul 11, 2026 (AFP)

A wildfire that has killed at least 12 people in southern Spain showed signs of easing on Saturday, allowing firefighters to directly attack the flames for the ...

Firefighters gain upper hand on deadly Spain wildfire

Jul 11, 2026 (AFP)

Firefighters aided by better weather on Saturday gained the upper hand on one of Spain's deadliest wildfires as survivors described "horrific" and terrifying mo...

Spain wildfire death toll rises to 12

Jul 10, 2026 (AFP)

A wildfire that ripped through a hamlet in southern Spain killed 12 people, authorities said Friday, as a heatwave stifled swathes of the country.

Major carmakers handed dieselgate victory in UK

Jul 10, 2026 (AFP)

The High Court in London on Friday ruled largely in favour of five major carmakers accused of installing devices in diesel cars to cheat clean-air laws, as the ...