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Parliament's Blackout Inquiry Wants 72 Hours of Backup Power for Hospitals, Pharmacies and Food Retail — and Recommends Lifting the 500-Litre Fuel-Storage Cap to 3,000 Litres

Parliament's Blackout Inquiry Wants 72 Hours of Backup Power for Hospitals, Pharmacies and Food Retail — and Recommends Lifting the 500-Litre Fuel-Storage Cap to 3,000 Litres

PSD rapporteur Paulo Moniz's draft report on the April 2025 Iberian blackout proposes 72-hour backup-power autonomy at hospitals, 24 hours elsewhere, the reclassification of supermarkets and pharmacies as critical infrastructure, and a fuel-storage cap raised from 500 to 3,000 litres.

Wildfire Season in Portugal — A 2026 Resident's Safety Guide to the 31 May Cleanup Deadline, the 50/100-Metre Faixa Rules, the SMS Alert System, the IPMA Risk Map, and What to Do When the Fire Comes

Wildfire Season in Portugal — A 2026 Resident's Safety Guide to the 31 May Cleanup Deadline, the 50/100-Metre Faixa Rules, the SMS Alert System, the IPMA Risk Map, and What to Do When the Fire Comes

How residents and property owners in Portugal prepare for fogo rural in 2026 — the 31 May land-cleanup deadline, the 50m/100m faixa de gestão de combustível, ICNF rules on cork oaks, ANEPC SMS alerts, the IPMA risk map, insurance coverage, and the 117 number.

Government Creates CIPO — Portugal's New Unified Command to Prevent a Repeat of Last Summer's Wildfire Catastrophe

Portugal's government has created a new unified command structure to coordinate wildfire prevention across multiple ministries and agencies, in what officials describe as an extraordinary response to an extraordinary threat. The Comando Integrado de...