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Wildfires devastated Stourbridge on Thursday, destroying 19 homes and damaging 18 others during the UK’s fifth consecutive heatwave, with residents describing the fires as horrendous and terrifying.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for Enbridge Energy to replace a segment of the Line 5 pipeline under Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, drawing objections from tribal nations citing harm to sacred waters and treaty rights.
The UK is developing long-duration energy storage technologies to manage renewable energy supply gaps lasting days or weeks, with 16 projects now supported under a new regulatory scheme.
The U.S. Forest Service faces a critical firefighter shortage this summer despite leadership claims of full staffing, with experienced crews working unsustainable overtime as fires rage across the country.
Over 1,000 UK schools closed or sent pupils home early during extreme heat earlier this summer, prompting debate over whether the school calendar should be restructured to accommodate increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves.
Five major reservoirs in England and Wales have fallen to exceptionally low levels as drought and heat persist, with reservoir capacity across England dropping to 66% and concerns about water supply extending into autumn.
