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2023 wildfires in western Canada worst on record for spring

Thousands of people have lost their homes or businesses to wildfires that are spread out across western Canada in the province of Alberta. To date, the province has responded to 520 wildfires. In total, the fires have burnt 1,017,000 hectares.…

Brazil is up in flames—here’s why

by Diego Gonzaga It is no accident that there are fires all across Brazil, and it is no accident that the fires this year are worse than last. In fact, the fires in 2020 are the worst in the last decade.…

Fire destroys Moria refugee camp: another tragic wake-up call for the EU’s asylum policy

Fires at a reception centre for asylum seekers on the Greek island of Lesbos have left thousands of people without shelter. Around 13,000 people – including those from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and west Africa – lived at the Moria Reception and…

Fire in Samos Refugee Camp

Last night there was a fire on the island of Samos, a fire that ripped through the temporary homes of human beings living in ‘the jungle’, the overfill space relied upon to house men, women and children in a Reception…

Tinderbox Earth: The significance of the Amazon and Siberian fires

By Dr Andrew Glikson As fires rage across tens of thousands square km the Amazon forest, dubbed the Planet’s lungs, producing some 20 percent of the oxygen in the atmosphere, with some 72,843 fires in Brazil this year, where fires on such a scale are…

Sunrise horror in West London while Theresa May reshuffles her cabinet

The unbearable mechanical noise of two helicopter engines woke me up at 4 am this morning. I looked out of my bedroom window and witnessed a beautiful summer morning. Sunny and clear skies; not a cloud, except for thick grey…

Walmart, where’s the money?

URGE WALMART TO PAY UP TO FACTORY FIRE VICTIMS TAKE ACTION ON BLACK FRIDAY Dear friends, The families of the 112 garment workers killed in the horrific Tazreen Fashions factory fire in Bangladesh are still waiting for Walmart to pay…