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Hong Kong will strengthen its community recycling network with measures such as round-the-clock automated collection points after scrapping the waste-charging scheme due to strong public backlash, the environmental chief has said. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan on Saturday also pledged to review the permitted profit levels of the city’s two power companies when their control agreements with the government expire in 2033. He added the government would boost clean energy...

Pelo menos 40 profissionais do Corpo de Bombeiros e do Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (Ibama) conseguiram controlar um incêndio na tarde desta sexta-feira (9), que durou mais de duas horas, em uma área de mata no Centro Olímpico da Universidade de Brasília (UnB).  De acordo com o coordenador de logística do Prevfogo (ligado ao Ibama), Marcos Rocha, ainda não era possível identificar a causa do incêndio na área de Cerrado. Notícias relacionadas:AGU cria força-tarefa para atuar em caso de incêndio na UFPE.Reitor da UFPE estima prejuízo de incêndio em cerca R$ 100 milhões .Rocha informou, no entanto, que o clima quente e seco, e o vento fizeram os focos se espalharem. Ele acrescentou que foi possível proteger a área patrimonial da Faculdade de Educação Física e do Centro Olímpico, que ficam próximo à mata.  “A secura do tempo pode fazer com que alguma fagulha espalhe o fogo. Como está muito seco e havia um vento os focos se espalharam rapidamente”, explicou. Para debelar as chamas, as equipes, chegaram a puxar água da piscina do Centro Olímpico.  Os bombeiros militares atuaram com drones para combater toda a extensão do incêndio, próximo a uma avenida de grande circulação na Asa Norte, a L4. Inclusive a sede do Prevfogo fica nesta via. Atividades suspensas A chefe do Centro Olímpico, professora Marisete Safons, suspendeu todas as atividades no espaço durante esta tarde. “Nós retiramos todas as crianças que estavam aqui no parque aquático para fazer atividades e cancelamos as atividades acadêmicas."  Ela testemunha que, neste ano, foi o primeiro incêndio na região: “Nós escutamos os estalos do fogo e já acionamos os bombeiros que agiram rapidamente”

The group warned that these rules were bound to “weaken regulatory oversight and threaten the region’s fragile environment, planned urban development and public welfare”

Runoff candidate Flávio Bolsonaro wants to review three environmental agencies and allow fracking, with US energy, trade and climate ties in play. The post Flávio Bolsonaro Backs Fracking and Agency Review appeared first on The Rio Times.

Peru resources explained: copper, silver, zinc and gold, plus gas, fishmeal and fruit, who profits and the environmental cost, as of October 2026. The post Peru Natural Resources Explained 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.

Stubble burning is the result of a combination of legal, technological and economic factors, including the paddy-wheat cycle, assured procurement and a narrow window between crops; a lasting solution needs stronger incentives for diversification, better residue management and more reliable measurement of burning

Spark of hope for a natural world beset by crisis, as conservation efforts succeed amid a 73 percent drop in wildlife.

Smoke entered the school and about 200 pupils waited outside in Maripasoula, as a 57% rainfall shortfall fuels fires across French Guiana. The post French Guiana Fire Reaches School Fence appeared first on The Rio Times.

The BBC’s Tessa Wong breaks down how one of Indonesia’s worst wildfire seasons is impacting countries around South East Asia.

Local studies and assessments, Bhupender Yadav says, are key to identifying emerging challenges, mitigation and adaptation measures, and the resources needed

Following months of consultations with energy experts, Mexico is preparing to tap its shale oil and gas reserves using one of the world's most controversial extraction techniques: fracking. The process is already used to extract oil in the southeastern state of Veracruz, where local communities have long complained of pollution and environmental damage. But the administration of President Claudia Sheinbaum is seeking to reduce Mexico's reliance on the United States and – eventually – achieve energy self-sufficiency. FRANCE 24's Quentin Duval and Laurence Cuvillier report.