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Environmental news, climate policy, and sustainability in Portugal.

Wind turbines on green rolling hills under a cloudy sky, symbolising Portugal's energy transition

Eleven Gas Distributors Pitch a €406.8 Million Network Build-Out for 2027–2031 as GEOTA Brands New Pipelines a 'Scandalous' Bet on Stranded Assets

Portugal's 11 gas distribution operators have asked the regulator ERSE to approve €406.8 million of grid investment for 2027–2031 — 61% of it on new connections — as the environmental group GEOTA calls the fossil-gas expansion 'scandalous' and warns of stranded assets.

Rocks, sand and clear Atlantic water on a calm Portuguese coastline.

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.

Aerial wildfire surveillance scene over a Portuguese interior landscape

Portugal Heat Wave Lifts Seven Districts to IPMA Aviso Amarelo for the 21-22 June Window — 23 Inland Concelhos Hit Perigo Máximo de Incêndio as Nuno Melo and Luís Neves Stand Up a Monte Real Operations Centre

IPMA places seven districts under aviso amarelo from 09:00 Saturday 21 June to 18:00 Sunday 22 June as inland maximums push 40°C; 23 concelhos shift to perigo máximo de incêndio and the Defence and Interior ministries stand up a Monte Real operations centre.