The Los Angeles Fires Expose the Problem With American Conservation Policy
For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.
What we know about the victims killed in the California wildfires
Twenty-eight people have died across the Los Angeles area. Officials have said the true death toll isn’t known as the fires ...
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Reflecting on the lives taken by the Southern California wildfires
We continue with our remembrances of the 29 people who died in the fires in Southern California. The Los Angeles County ...
California wildfires: What we know about L.A.-area fires, what caused them, who is affected and more
Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted the second week of January and roared ...
Study says climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely, more intense
A quick scientific study finds that human-caused climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of the hot, dry and ...
Sacramento firefighters return after aiding in LA wildfire recovery
One firefighter said he's been to earthquakes, hurricanes and fires, but he’s seen nothing like the destruction left behind ...
California’s federal lands are hemorrhaging carbon dioxide. Wildfires are largely to blame
A study from the U.S. Geological Survey found the ecosystems on California's public lands are losing the carbon they've ...
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Climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely and intense, preliminary study finds
Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions ...
Climate change made the L.A. wildfires 35 percent more likely
A new report suggests that climate change-induced factors, like reduced rainfall, primed conditions for the Palisades and ...
The LA County fires devastated homes in the wildland urban interface. Here’s what that is
Californians live in the wildland urban interface. And when fires sweep through it, they often leave destruction.
Edison denied causing destructive 2017 fire. Feds now believe utility suppressed evidence
Southern California Edison claims there were no electrical anomalies on its transmission lines in Eaton Canyon leading up to ...
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What a struggling nation can learn from historic disasters
It’s important to remember that disasters worthy of our attention as Americans are not only natural disasters like wildfires, but those that were man-made, like the Deepwater Horizon explosion in 2010 ...