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Cascais Câmara Funds EO4RO, a 12-Month Satellite-and-AI Pilot With GMV and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to Track the Pacific Brown Alga Rugulopteryx Okamurae Across the Atlantic Litoral

Cascais Câmara funds the 12-month EO4RO satellite-and-AI pilot with GMV and Plymouth Marine Laboratory to forecast Rugulopteryx okamurae blooms 48-72 hours in advance — the first municipal-led Earth-observation programme aimed at the invasive Pacific brown alga to launch outside the Algarve.
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Fundo Ambiental Reignites the Incentivo Veículos Elétricos with a €10 Million Envelope — €4,000 Per Household BEV, €5,000 for IPSS, 278 Charging-Station Awards and 1,375 Target Subsidies Through 27 July

Fundo Ambiental Reignites the Incentivo Veículos Elétricos with a €10 Million Envelope — €4,000 Per Household BEV, €5,000 for IPSS, 278 Charging-Station Awards and 1,375 Target Subsidies Through 27 July

Portugal's Fundo Ambiental reopened the 2026 Incentivo Aquisição Veículos Elétricos on 11 June 16:30 with a €10 million envelope: €4,000 per household BEV (≤€38,500), €5,000 for IPSS, 278 charging-station awards and 1,375 target subsidies through 27 July under Aviso 06/2025.
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Twenty-Five Concelhos in Five Districts Land Maximum Wildfire Risk on 8 June — IPMA Rates Faro, Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Bragança Top of the Scale With Interior and South Held in Very-Elevated Brackets Through the Coming Weekend

Twenty-Five Concelhos in Five Districts Land Maximum Wildfire Risk on 8 June — IPMA Rates Faro, Portalegre, Santarém, Castelo Branco and Bragança Top of the Scale With Interior and South Held in Very-Elevated Brackets Through the Coming Weekend

The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere, IPMA) put 25 mainland concelhos across five districts in the top band of its Perigo de Incêndio Rural (Rural Fire Danger, PIR) tape on Monday 8 June 2026,...
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