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Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Algarve Reservoirs at 95% Don't Cancel the Fire Risk — DECIR Charlie's 13,335 Operatives and 78 Aircraft Step Onto a 2,780-Fire Run That Already Doubles 2025 in the Same Five-Month Window

Portugal entered the official fire season with the Algarve reservoir system at 95% of usable capacity — and Civil Protection deploying 13,335 operatives, 78 aircraft and two Black Hawks. The two readings are not contradictory: a wet winter is exactly what feeds a hot fire run.
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Ambiente Folds a 'Superior Interesse Público' Mechanism Into the Pending Sistema Eléctrico Nacional Diploma — Renewables-Acceleration Tool Sits Against a 30 GVA Grid-Connection Backlog and a 22 July RED III Stand-Still Cutoff

Ambiente Folds a 'Superior Interesse Público' Mechanism Into the Pending Sistema Eléctrico Nacional Diploma — Renewables-Acceleration Tool Sits Against a 30 GVA Grid-Connection Backlog and a 22 July RED III Stand-Still Cutoff

Maria da Graça Carvalho told Friday's ECO conference the pending SEN diploma carries a 'superior interesse público' mechanism for renewables. The 750 MVA battery leilão lands 29 June; 30 GVA of grid-connection requests sit pending; RED III targets diploma stand-still ends 22 July.
The Portugal Brief
Government's Terra+ Estratégia Mobilises €2.3 Billion to Steady Portugal's Resíduos Crisis Through 2030 — €1.6 Billion Public Investment Targets 13 Aterros Near Capacity as the 10% EU Landfill Cap by 2035 Frames the Recycling Trajectory

Government's Terra+ Estratégia Mobilises €2.3 Billion to Steady Portugal's Resíduos Crisis Through 2030 — €1.6 Billion Public Investment Targets 13 Aterros Near Capacity as the 10% EU Landfill Cap by 2035 Frames the Recycling Trajectory

Sunday's edition of Público maps the full mechanics of the Terra+ Estratégia approved by the Conselho de Ministros at the end of April: a €2.3 billion mobilisation through 2030 designed to steady a Portuguese urban-waste system that still routes...
The Portugal Brief
European Commission Opens Infringement Proceedings Against Portugal Over the Green-Claims Directive — Twenty Capitals Missed the 27 March Transposition Deadline and Now Carry a Two-Month Window Before the Reasoned-Opinion Step

European Commission Opens Infringement Proceedings Against Portugal Over the Green-Claims Directive — Twenty Capitals Missed the 27 March Transposition Deadline and Now Carry a Two-Month Window Before the Reasoned-Opinion Step

Brussels opens infringement proceedings against Portugal on 28 May over Directive (EU) 2024/825 on the green transition — 20 capitals missed the 27 March transposition deadline and now carry a two-month window before the reasoned-opinion step.
The Portugal Brief