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EU Approves €144M for Wildfire Recovery, Blames Fossil-Fuel Heat

7/8/2026

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The European Parliament approved €120.55 million for Spain and €23.55 million for Romania and Cyprus for heatwave and wildfire recovery.
By 1 July, wildfires had burned 28,000 ha in France and 50,000 ha in Spain, prompting the European Commission to deploy a record number of firefighters while scientists said the heat would be impossible without fossil-fuel warming.
Researchers linked Spain’s wet winter and spring to a later drought-driven fuel surplus that fueled the wildfire season.

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The European Parliament approved €120.55 million for Spain and €23.55 million for Romania and Cyprus for heatwave and wildfire recovery.
By 1 July, wildfires had burned 28,000 ha in France and 50,000 ha in Spain, prompting the European Commission to deploy a record number of firefighters while scientists said the heat would be impossible without fossil-fuel warming.
Researchers linked Spain’s wet winter and spring to a later drought-driven fuel surplus that fueled the wildfire season.