413120GDACS EMM News Feed Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material Dire fire warnings issued in wake of record heatwave in Canada, U.S. By Moira Warburton and Sergio Olmos VANCOUVER/PORTLAND (Reuters) - The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the U.S. Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more .https://www.saltwire.com/prince-edward-island/news/canada/dire-fire-warnings-issued-in-wake-of-record-heatwave-in-canada-us-100606559/By Moira Warburton and Sergio Olmos. VANCOUVER/PORTLAND (Reuters) - The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the U.S. Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more record temperatures and the threat of wildfires.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:54:00 +0200saltwire-e7d22720617f44ec457be94c6f9fd48e20210630235400U.S. Biden pushes climate spending as U.S. braces for wildfire disaster 8:56 PM UTChttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-wage-boost-bonuses-wildfire-fighters-2021-06-30/June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States was behind in preparing for what could be a record number of forest fires this year because of drought and high temperatures and pledged to pay federal firefighters more.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:24:00 +0200reuters-it-9ba0b3cd87c99abdc5840ddee74d13a320210630232400Dire fire warnings issued in wake of record heatwave in Canada, UShttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/dire-fire-warnings-issued-in-wake-of-record-heatwave-in-canada-us/articleshow/84004166.cmsVANCOUVER/PORTLAND: The worst heat wave on record that has scorched much of Canada's western territories and the US Northwest eased slightly on Wednesday but officials still braced for more record temperatures and the threat of wildfires. Deaths soared in the Canadian Pacific coast province of British Columbia in recent days.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:21:00 +0200timesofindia-1ee20626ef374fd133e46f184b50793120210630232100U.S. Biden pushes climate spending as U.S. braces for wildfire disaster 8:56 PM UTChttps://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-announce-wage-boost-bonuses-wildfire-fighters-2021-06-30/June 30 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that the United States was behind in preparing for what could be a record number of forest fires this year because of drought and high temperatures and pledged to pay federal firefighters more.Wed, 30 Jun 2021 23:05:00 +0200reuters-es-9ba0b3cd87c99abdc5840ddee74d13a320210630230500