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An oil spill off the UAE coast has prompted beach closures after a vessel reportedly hit a naval mine in early October.

Singapore expanded its investigation into haze-creating fires in Indonesia that have blanketed the city-state in smog, requesting information from 10 locally registered companies.

Two wealthy Americans are fighting over the US$260 million Puerto Barú port in Panama, and the Supreme Court has yet to rule on its environmental approval. The post Panama Port Fight Pits 2 Wealthy Americans appeared first on The Rio Times.

O fim de semana começa nesta sexta-feira (23) com chuvas fortes e possibilidade de granizo no Paraná, sul e leste de Mato Grosso do Sul, em São Paulo e no centro-sul de Minas Gerais, informa o Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (Inmet). A área de baixa pressão que se formou entre a Bolívia, o Paraguai e o norte da Argentina avança para o Sudeste do Brasil favorecendo a ocorrência de fortes chuvas desde o sul de Goiás e do Espírito Santo até o extremo sul do Rio Grande do Sul, onde está ativo um aviso amarelo de perigo potencial para tempestades. Notícias relacionadas:Plano busca fortalecer Sistema Nacional do Meio Ambiente até 2036.Investir no clima e meio ambiente estáveis previne mortes, aponta ONU.Na Região Sul, um aviso laranja de perigo alerta para tempestades no centro-oeste e noroeste do Paraná, oeste de Santa Catarina e do Rio Grande do Sul. Entre as capitais, a temperatura mínima será de 14 °C em Curitiba e a máxima pode chegar a 28 °C em Porto Alegre. No Sudeste do país, chove com trovoadas em todos os estados, especialmente em São Paulo, no Rio de Janeiro, centro-sul do Espírito Santo e centro-sul de MG. A temperatura mínima nas capitais será de 16 °C, em Belo Horizonte, e a máxima chega a 29 °C, também na capital mineira. O Centro-Oeste brasileiro também terá chuvas em quase toda a região, especialmente em Mato Grosso do Sul, onde deve ocorrer queda de granizo, no centro e sul de Goiás e no sul e sudeste de Mato Grosso. A temperatura mínima será de 22 °C em Brasília e a máxima de 39 °C em Cuiabá. Na Região Nordeste, o tempo fica firme em quase todos os estados, com exceção da faixa litorânea da Bahia, de Sergipe, de Alagoas e de Pernambuco, onde há possibilidade de chuvas isoladas. A temperatura mínima nas capitais fica em 23 °C, em Salvador, e a máxima chega a 40 °C em Teresina. No Norte do país, há aviso amarelo de perigo potencial, que alerta para chuvas intensas no Acre e oeste do Amazonas. Também chove no centro e norte de Roraima, sudeste do Amazonas e no sudoeste do Pará. No Tocantins, também devem ocorrer chuvas isoladas. Entre as capitais, a temperatura mínima será de 23 °C em Rio Branco e a máxima chega a 38 °C em Palmas.

Paper straws, widely promoted as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic, may actually have a greater environmental impact than conventional plastic straws, according to a South Korean government-commissioned study that has renewed debate over whether switching materials truly reduces waste. The Comprehensive Study on Single-Use Straws, commissioned by South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, was disclosed on Wednesday by opposition People Power Party lawmaker Kim Wi-sang, The...

Banoth Naveen went chasing suspected poachers through a reserve forest when he came in contact with a live wire

Severe haze in Hong Kong over the past two days has prompted a government warning of serious health risks, with experts urging the elderly and vulnerable to stay indoors until sunset. Air quality health risk levels at some of Hong Kong’s roadside monitoring stations rose on Wednesday and Thursday, with experts attributing the surge to elevated ozone levels caused by sunlight and high temperatures and warning that conditions were likely to persist over the next few days. On Wednesday afternoon,...

The United Nations’ climate loss and damage fund moved to provide US$20 million in aid sought by flood-stricken Nepal – the first time it has set aside money for any country – in a key test of the body’s credibility. In an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, the fund’s board agreed to earmark the modest sum for the Himalayan country, which was hit in August by tsunami-like floods triggered by a climate-induced ice and rock avalanche that killed more than 1,400 people and left over 5,000...

Official claims that most of India’s marine fish stocks are sustainable should not distract from the continuing degradation of the country’s inshore fishing grounds; stronger governance of coastal waters and better management of mechanised trawling are essential for truly sustainable fisheries

ASEAN's consensus-driven approach and a lack of enforcement mechanisms make legal action difficult, experts say.

As wildfires rage across Sumatra and Kalimantan, frustrated Indonesians are turning to performance art to call for greater government action and draw global attention to the destruction of both the country’s rainforests and rich cultural heritage. In South Sumatra, local art collective Jaga Api recently launched a project titled Tarian Kehancuran Budaya (the Dance of Cultural Destruction), using traditional performance to convey the human and environmental toll of the fires, as reported by The...

Runners in Malaysia are swapping their usual routes through parks and city streets for laps around shopping malls, commandeering air-conditioned corridors to keep up their training as a stubborn blanket of haze makes exercising outdoors increasingly hazardous. The switch comes as smoke from forest and peatland fires continues to foul the air across parts of Southeast Asia, with Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding districts among the hardest-hit areas. By 9am on Thursday, 15 of...

Indonesia’s president railed against “countries that like to insult” his nation over wildfires that have razed vast areas, spewing toxic haze into neighbouring countries. The Southeast Asian giant has for months struggled to contain fires that Nusantara Atlas, an independent monitor analysing satellite data, said had consumed more than 1.9 million hectares (4.7 million acres) in the nine months to September. The haze has sent air pollution levels surging to dangerous levels not only at home, but...

Samiti warns that airstrip would displace more than 1,000 families, destroy around 500 acres of paddy fields and threaten water security in Wayanad and adjoining areas of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, October 21: The identities of some 300 suspects from Saturday's riots are emerging in the Paris courts. Meanwhile, the far-left France Unbowed party has promised legal action against the French government for claiming the radical left was responsible for the degeneration of protests. Also, as the UN warns that global warming is on track to reach 2.6°C this century, the UK greenlights new drilling in the North Sea. Finally, we look at the literary trend of hate-reading.

Singapore has warned it will go after companies responsible for the forest fires in Indonesia causing the regional haze, but cross-border challenges remain stumbling blocks to solving a problem that has plagued the city state for decades. Analysts point to long-standing obstacles hampering the country’s decade-old haze legislation, such as complex corporate ownership and opaque transboundary supply chains. To date, no company has been prosecuted under the law. Beyond legal threats, greater...

Dominican Republic resources in October 2026: gold at Pueblo Viejo, rare earths, rice, water and forests, who profits and the cost to nature. The post Dominican Republic Natural Resources Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) restrained the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) from felling any trees till the hearing in the case challenging tree felling for the project is completed

Fires in Indonesia have burned through more than 1.9 million hectares of land, according to new data, as the country battles its worst wildfire season in a decade. The blazes have sent toxic smoke across much of Southeast Asia, forcing schools to close and fuelling a rise in respiratory illnesses. FRANCE 24's Environment Editor Valerie Dekimpe tells us more.

Wayanad aims to become the country’s first completely e-waste-free district by November 1

Society for the Protection of the Environment, Kerala (SPEK) says though the govt decision has been presented as a flood mitigation step, no environmental impact assessment appears to have been conducted. Activists also point out that this may serve as a pretext for indiscriminate extraction of sand from all rivers and streams

Com 922 focos ativos, o Pará é o estado com mais ocorrências de incêndios florestais no país, de acordo com a plataforma Queimadas, do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (Inpe). No vizinho Amazonas, atualmente estão ativos 90 focos, após o estado ter registrado mais de mil pontos de fogo este mês. Enquanto a qualidade do ar em Manaus, na manhã desta segunda-feira (19), permanece classificada como insalubre, com índice de 153, segundo a plataforma IQAir; a cidade de Santarém, no oeste do Pará, registra o índice de 260, considerado muito insalubre. Notícias relacionadas:Governo monitora saúde de amazonenses em locais afetados por queimadas.Manaus é capital com maior poluição atmosférica do país nesta sexta.Focos de incêndio no Amazonas diminuem após ação de força-tarefa.A estação na cidade do Pará registrou concentração de 185 microgramas por metro cúbico de material particulado fino, um tipo de poluição inalável e muito prejudicial à saúde. O limite usado atualmente pela legislação brasileira é uma média de 32 microgramas por metro cúbico ao longo de um dia. No domingo (18), o ministro da Defesa, José Mucio Monteiro, informou que a força-tarefa que atua no enfrentamento aos incêndios florestais na região foi reforçada com a instalação de um Estado-Maior Conjunto das Forças Armadas, em Manaus, e a adaptação de mais 5 aviões para combate ao fogo, somando 16 aeronaves que atuam na região. Nesta terça-feira (20), também está prevista a implantação de uma base da Força Nacional do Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS) para reforçar a assistência à população atingida pela poluição. Também foram disponibilizados pelo Ministério da Integração e do Desenvolvimento Regional (MIDR) R$ 14 milhões ao Governo do Amazonas para ações relacionadas à situação de emergência.

Private STP registrations extended till Oct 25

Hong Kong tourism authorities have pledged to review the roll-out of a lighting project along a trail on The Peak after mounting complaints that flowers and trees were chopped down to make way for the installations. But the Tourism Board defended the project, saying it had consulted local residents and sought advice from tree experts to minimise the impact on the surrounding environment. In a statement on Sunday, the board said it valued residents’ views and would now “conduct broader...

Mr. Pawan Kalyan raises tiger conservation and the reintroduction of Indian bison in Nagarjunasagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

Parts of southern Southeast Asia have been put under the highest-level haze alert as wildfires that have swept Indonesia for months continue to belch toxic smoke across the region. The seasonal wildfires are worse this year due to the drought conditions caused by a severe "super-El Nino" effect.

In Brazil, deforestation in the Amazon has reached its lowest level in 40 years. President Lula is bolstering his environmental record just over a week before the second round of the presidential election, in which he faces Flávio Bolsonaro.

The municipality has installed a 12-foot Spider-Man-like sculpture, crafted entirely from plastic bottles and other recyclable materials collected from bottle booths, in front its office

Thwaites glacier has been losing ice for decades. Now there are concerns of rapidly accelerating loss.