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    • Sunday, 17 September, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      California accuses Big Oil of covering up climate change risks in lawsuit

      Civil action seeks damages to help mitigate costs of global warming caused by fossil fuels

      Firefighters spray water in the Sequoia National Forest, California
    • Friday, 1 September, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU politicians want more disaster relief funds after floods and fires Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the EU’s enlargement debate genie is very much out of the bottle

      Volunteers clear mud as household goods are piled on the side of a street in Faenza, Italy
    • Thursday, 31 August, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires expected to spread beyond traditional danger zones, scientists warn

      Researchers forecast fire seasons that are longer, hotter and more difficult to control

      A wildfire burns in a forest near the village of Sikorrachi, west of Alexandroupolis, Greece
    • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
      Greece
      Wildfires in northeastern Greece claim 18 lives

      Authorities say victims could be migrants as residents had been advised to evacuate area

      Volunteers help an elderly man as a house blazes in the background
    • Saturday, 19 August, 2023
      Climate change
      ‘One climate disaster after another’: North America’s long hot summer

      From Hawaii to Canada, searing heat and deadly wildfires are raising the alarm about global warming

      The McDougall Creek wildfire burns on the mountainside above a home in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada on Friday
    • Thursday, 17 August, 2023
      Lex
      Hawaiian Electric/wildfires: old business models are no longer viable Premium content

      Climate disasters were previously events utilities could withstand

      Downed power lines in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii after the wildfires
    • Tuesday, 15 August, 2023
      US politics & policy
      Biden to visit Hawaii amid criticism of wildfire response

      Travel plan emerges after president ended Delaware beach holiday

      Fire damage in the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii
    • Monday, 14 August, 2023
      Hawaii wildfire death toll expected to continue rising

      US state governor warns final number of dead could be ‘impossible to guess’

      A man walks through wildfire wreckage in Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii
    • Sunday, 13 August, 2023
      Deadliest US wildfires in a century claim 93 lives in Hawaii

      Toll expected to continue rising after blazes sweep through tropical island of Maui

      A man surveys a charred apartment complex in Lahaina
    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      Death toll from Hawaii wildfires climbs to 55

      Firefighters are still battling multiple blazes across Maui, which have destroyed homes and businesses

    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      Hawaii
      Hawaii wildfires kill 36 as hurricane hampers rescue efforts

      Firefighters battle multiple blazes on Maui island that have destroyed homes and businesses

      A charred boat lies in the scorched waterfront after wildfires fanned by the winds of a nearby hurricane devastated Maui’s city of Lahaina, in Hawaii
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      Climate change
      Canada’s emissions from wildfires more than double previous record

      Scientists note abnormal intensity of blazes as temperatures rise faster in northern hemisphere

      Aerial view of the Horsethief Creek wildfire, approximately 10kms (6.2 miles) west of Invermere, British Columbia, Canada
    • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
      FT Money personal finance guides
      FT Money guide: Greek wildfires and your holiday rights

      Holidaymakers heading to Rhodes and Corfu this summer could struggle to get a refund

    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Dozens die in Algerian wildfires as temperatures soar towards 50C

      Blistering heat across Mediterranean region spreads to dry and mountainous parts of north Africa

      People looking at burned out vehicles
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Climate change
      European and North American heatwaves ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change

      World Weather Attribution researchers forecast more frequent extreme weather events

      People pour water on a woman, affected by the high temperature as she visits the Acropolis in Greece
    • Monday, 24 July, 2023
      Greece
      Repatriation flights begin for tourists stranded on Rhodes

      Greek authorities battle against blazes in four different areas of the country

      A wildfire blazes in Corfu
    • Sunday, 23 July, 2023
      Greece
      Greece mounts mass evacuation from wildfire-hit Rhodes

      Some tour operators have cancelled flights to island after 19,000 flee, with Corfu also suffering

      Evacuees sit inside a stadium following their evacuation during a forest fire on the island of Rhodes
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Extreme wildfires are here to stay. Can human beings really fight them?

      Fighting for survival, and hope, on a permanently hotter planet

      A fire fighter and truck are seen against a terrifying backdrop of giant orange flames as a bushfire rages in New South Wales, Australia.
    • Friday, 9 June, 2023
      Canadian wildfire smoke jars New York with ‘movie of the future’

      Mayor blames climate change as pollution from burning forests disrupts schools, flights and shows

      People walk through haze in New York’s Central Park on Wednesday
    • Thursday, 8 June, 2023
      Smoke pall spreads from Canadian wildfires

      Flights temporarily halted into New York and Philadelphia as air pollution disrupts daily routines

      The US Capitol in Washington shrouded in smoke
    • Wednesday, 7 June, 2023
      Wildfire smoke makes New York air quality worst in world

      Plumes from burning Canadian forests move across North American cities and force residents indoors

      New York’s George Washington Bridge wreathed in smoke from the Canadian wildfires
    • Saturday, 13 May, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in forests of Canada and Russia put climate scientists on alert

      Unusual drought conditions in Alberta temporarily shut oil and gas production

      Aerial view of forest fire
    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in boreal forests release record levels of carbon, satellite study shows

      Burning trees across Eurasia and North America emitted 1.76bn tonnes of CO₂ in 2021

      A helicopter dumps water on a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada
    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      The Big Read
      Wildfire season: How to stop California burning

      In the Napa Valley, private groups and local businesses are doing what they can to mitigate fire risk

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: US heat and drought coincide with historic climate bill

      Soil dryness helps fuel rising temperatures in the normally temperate Pacific Northwest

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