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Top winemaker ‘may have to leave its Spanish vineyards due to climate crisis’
Catalonia, Spain: Familia Torres, a storied winery dating back to 1870, warns that relentless heat and drought could render its ancestral...
French Inquiry: Officials Covered Up Nestlé’s Illegal Water Extraction
Paris, France: A Senate investigation found that top officials suppressed evidence of Nestlé Waters France illegally treating mineral water,...
UN Warns Earth Likely to Briefly Surpass 1.5 °C Threshold Soon
Geneva, Switzerland: A World Meteorological Organization report projects at least one of the next five years will exceed 1.5 °C of warming above...
Basel Climate Law Protest Disrupts Eurovision, Highlights Tensions
Basel, Switzerland: While the Eurovision Song Contest dazzled global viewers, climate and pro-Palestine activists staged protests in the city....
UN: Conflict and Climate Fuel World’s Highest Hunger Levels on Record
Rome, Italy: A new UN report finds the global number of people facing acute hunger is at an all-time high, surpassing 350 million in 2024. Ongoing...
Dutch NGO Sues Shell to Stop New Oil and Gas Projects
The Hague, Netherlands: Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) filed a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell demanding that the oil giant...
Border Walls Divide Wildlife, Not Just People: Lynx and Other Species at Risk
From the US-Mexico barrier to fences in Eastern Europe, new data reveals how border walls severely disrupt wildlife migration, fracturing habitats...
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