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Wildfire Risks Worsen With Record High Temperatures Hitting Nordic Region and Arctic Circle
Record-high temperatures from Canada to Scandinavia and intense wildfires flaring up from California to Russia's Far East are adding to extreme weather events recorded at the start of the summer in ...
Drones Pulled Into Play to Help Fight Wildfires in U.S. West
In a grassy meadow outside Missoula, Montana, Jennifer Fowler eyes two drones high in the sky with weather instruments -- part of a program to see how drones can help to fight and monitor wildfires. ...
Wildfire Near Misses Spark Greater Push for Mitigation Efforts
As the Missionary Ridge Fire raged in 2002, the Valley Fire, a second fire, broke out and destroyed six homes within hours near the Falls Creek Ranch subdivision north of Durango, Colo. When ...
PG&E Must Fork Over $150M for Botched Blackouts and Recent Wildfires
Pacific Gas & Electric is getting hit with a nearly $150 million billion for neglect that caused Northern California wildfires during the past two years and mismanagement of blackouts designed to ...
Private Firefighters Highlight Inequities in California Wildfire Battles
Last October, firefighter Ryan Bellanca and his crew battled to keep the raging Glass Fire from devastating an upmarket Napa Valley vineyard.
But Bellanca wasn't ...
Sydney’s Wildfire Smoke Declared a ‘Public Health Emergency’
The smoke blanketing Sydney is a "public health emergency," according to a coalition of Australian doctors and researchers who say climate change has helped fuel the wildfires that have produced ...
California Utility’s $13.5B Settlement With Fire Victims Sends Stock Soaring
PG&E Corp. surged to a two-month high after reaching a $13.5 billion settlement with the victims of wildfires ignited by its power lines -- a major step toward resolving the biggest utility ...
Opinion: ‘Unique’ Wildfire Blackouts Could Hit California for a Decade
California utility PG&E Corp has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires and said they will continue for a decade. PG&E ...