ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey s wildfires did not damage the main units of the Kemerkoy coal-fired powerplant in the southwestern part of the country, President Tayyip Erdogan s communications director, Fahrettin Altun, said on Twitter on Thursday. The main units of the power station were not seriously damaged according to the initial examination following the evacuation of the facility, Altun said. People in the power station and nearby residential areas were evacuated via a navy landing ship as strong winds fanned the flames. Environmentalists have said they were concerned about the impact if the fire spreads to the plant s coal storage unit. Eight people have been killed in a more than 150 wildfires which have erupted in the last week, the worst in the country s history, President Erdogan said. Thousands of Turks and foreign tourists have been forced to flee homes and hotels near the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. (Writing by Ezgi Erkoyun; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)
The company said there was a need for cost-efficient mode of transport on the African continent, while tackling the reality of climate change and the high cost of fuel.
EU Parliament backs citizens legal challenges to protect environment
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This content was published on May 20, 2021 - 16:51
May 20, 2021 - 16:51
By Kate Abnett
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament on Thursday voted for changes to European Union law that would give the public more scope to challenge legally any EU decisions and laws that adversely affect the environment.
The proposed change still needs the approval of EU member states, which have already been rocked by a rise in legal action over concerns about climate change.
Taiwan president says to scrutinise electricity management after outages
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This content was published on May 18, 2021 - 05:16
May 18, 2021 - 05:16
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen pledged on Tuesday to look into the tech powerhouse s electricity management after two major blackouts hit homes and businesses in less than a week, triggering criticism of the government s power policy.
Taiwan, which hosts major chip makers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd, imposed power cuts on Monday evening following a spike in demand amid a heatwave and drought and failure at a power plant, in the second such outage in a week.
BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Japan accused each other of inappropriate behaviour after a Chinese government official posted a tweet of an iconic Japanese woodblock print manipulated to show nuclear waste being poured into the sea, launching a new diplomatic spat. Earlier this month, Japan said it would release into the sea contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, angering its neighbours. China said the plan was extremely irresponsible . On Monday, Zhao Lijian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman, tweeted an image of The Great Wave Off Kanagawa made in the 19th century by artist Hokusai, altered to show green nuclear waste being poured into the sea by two people in orange Hazmat suits from a boat. In the image, created by a Chinese illustrator, Mount Fuji in the background was replaced by a nuclear plant cooling tower. Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, when asked about the tweet at a news conference on Tuesday, said he would not comment on every tw