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September 22, 2026
NATURALDISASTERS Moldova declares energy, water emergency Sep 22, 2026 (AFP)
Moldova's parliament on Tuesday voted to introduce a 60-day state of emergency in the energy and water sectors as the country faces rising fuel prices and a severe drought. Read more →
ENVIRONMENT Dead animals, barren fields, and hunger - El Nino chokes Central America Sep 16, 2026 (AFP)
Animals are dropping dead amid the worst drought in living memory for many Central Americans, who are grappling with the unforgiving effects of the powerful El Nino weather pattern. more
SPACENEWS Ukraine winemakers defy war to make a splash at home Sep 15, 2026 (AFP)
As this year's harvest season entered full swing, a winery in western Ukraine had an additional task to oversee: installing solar panels to help it weather blackouts caused by Russian military strikes. more
ENVIRONMENT Bhutan business bets on hazelnuts for farming future Sep 12, 2026 (AFP)
Farmer Pema Dema had never even heard of hazelnuts when she was first recruited to begin growing them on her land in Bhutan's Thimphu region. more
ENVIRONMENT Indonesia seeks to bring back baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India Sep 11, 2026 (AFP)
Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta's forestry ministry told AFP Friday. more
ENVIRONMENT Portugal harvests grapes at night to beat the heat Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. more
ENVIRONMENT Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week Sep 10, 2026 (AFP)
Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month. more
ENVIRONMENT Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo Sep 08, 2026 (AFP)
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo island are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those having to endure them. more
ENVIRONMENT Panama Canal says not ruling out new transit restrictions due to El Nino Sep 07, 2026 (AFP)
The Panama Canal is not ruling out new restrictions on ship traffic due to a drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon, the critical waterway's new administrator told AFP on Monday. more
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