228271 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 https://www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news/rdck-asked-to-advocate-for-west-kootenay-sawmills/Representatives of the region’s lumber manufacturers are looking for closer relations and support from the West Kootenay’s local governments. The Regional District of Central Kootenay board meeting Aug. 17 opened with a visit from the new president of the Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association....2023-08-28T21:14+0200crestonvalleyadvance-6bf99c9e3cd2dc72bb82e599794d78cd20230828211400https://manilastandard.net/opinion/editorial/314365029/season-of-climate-extremes.htmlRecent weeks have dazzlingly defined a season of climate extremes: countries in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia have all been exposed to forest fires and devastating floods. Russia, Canada, Brazil, Angola, and Congo top countries facing the highest risk of forest fire, while China ranks 11th in the world.2023-08-28T18:32+0200manilastandard-ph-1ddb80f983770c72dedf25b28891073020230828183200https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2023/08/28/how-to-monitor-air-quality-in-real-time-from-space/87745HOUSTON, Aug 28 — Nasa recently released the first images taken by its air analysis tool, placed in geostationary orbit earlier this year. The aim is to monitor the state and evolution of pollution in the United States, very precisely, neighbourhood by neighbourhood. The same system will soon be rolled out for Europe and Asia.2023-08-28T15:43+0200malaymail-2a5846f14e99999dd92face23446779620230828154300https://www.alternet.org/wastewater-answer-adapting-climate-change/Water pressures like droughts are intensifying due to global warming and population growth. Treating wastewater is a powerful solution, finally gaining more public support. Population growth and climate change are stretching America’s water supplies to the limit, and tapping new sources is becoming....2023-08-27T14:17+0200alternet-97d53bc5a1824d398d4f9044446c8e2420230827141700