Emergency teams brought under control a massive blaze in Lebanons largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires. The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday night, prompting the army and volunteer fire ..
Emergency teams brought under control a massive blaze in Lebanon's largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires. The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday night, prompting the army and volunteer firefighters to scramble to save one of the Middle East's lushest pine forests. The army on Wednesday said it dispatched helicopters, dropping water by giant buckets onto the blaze. "Unfortunately, the forest fire season started," Environment Minister Nasser Yassin said.
The dust has now settled on last month’s COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, with the result being a clearly limited, cosmetic improvement in our chances of surviving the climate crisis beyond 2050, since the pledges continue to fall short of what is needed. Actions to curb methane levels, to help abandon coal use or to curb deforestation and promote afforestation remain