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Climate & Environment — September 2026

Wolves face Trump bid to drop US protections

President Donald Trump's administration moved Friday to consider dropping or reducing endangered species protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves in the United States. An executive order aimed at helping cattle ranchers address livestock losses gave Int…

Spain equals September heat record at 45.7C

Spain equalled its September heat record on Thursday when weather agency AEMET measured 45.7C in El Granado, a municipality in Andalusia, the agency said Friday. AEMET said the reading matched the 45.7C recorded in Montoro in 2016, also in Andalusia. It was t…

EU climate policy faces post-heatwave test

Climate change is expected to feature prominently in European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's September 16 State of the European Union speech after…

Taiwan extreme heat drill hit by heavy rain

Taiwan held its first extreme heat drill in New Taipei City on Thursday, but the exercise was hit by heavy rain instead of the 40C conditions officials were pr…

Kenya traps crocodiles as Lake Baringo rises

Kenyan wildlife officers are trapping crocodiles around Lake Baringo and moving them to a protected park as rising waters push the reptiles closer to homes. T…

AI boom strains tech firms' climate pledges

Technology companies are increasing their climate commitments, but not fast enough to offset rising energy demand linked to artificial intelligence, a report s…

UN says world will miss 1.5C climate target

The United Nations Environment Programme said the world will miss the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, and that countries m…

Kosovo coal town fears cancer from pollution

Residents of Obilic, the Kosovo town beside the country's largest coal-fired power plants, say cancer fears are widespread as pollution from lignite coal remai…

Pope Leo XIV urges followers to cherish the Earth

Pope Leo XIV held a special Mass for the environment on Tuesday in the gardens of the papal summer residence at Castel Gandolfo near Rome, urging people to protect nature and condemning destruction caused by wars. “Let us place in silent mode the many noises…

Belgium records hottest summer since 1833

Belgium recorded its hottest summer since observations began in 1833, the country's Royal Meteorological Institute said Tuesday. Temperatures at the official national reference station in Uccle, outside Brussels, averaged 20.3C. The institute said that was 2.…

UK and Belgium record hottest summers

Britain and Belgium both recorded their hottest summers on record, their weather agencies announced Tuesday, after repeated heatwaves and drought conditions in…

India has hottest August since 1901, bureau says

India had its hottest August since records began in 1901, with a mean temperature of 28.01C, the India Meteorological Department said. The department said the mean temperature was 0.67C above the long-term average for August. It said the figure broke the prev…