Tag: wildfire
Wildfire mitigation work drops by 35% in 2025
The steepest drops occurred across the West and Southeast in controlled burns, which plummeted by nearly 44 percent.
Water contaminant levels can remain high for eight years after a...
Scientists are warning that wildfire pollutants can continue to contaminate local waterways for up to eight years after a wildfire event.
Animal protection organizations provide life-saving aid for animals in LA fires
In Defense Animal Rescue is helping to support animal rescuers and provide life-saving aid for animals affected by the crisis.
LA wildfires destroy homes as insurers abandon policyholders in high-risk areas
Insurance companies pull out of fire-prone areas, leaving homeowners scrambling for coverage amid record-breaking climate disasters.
Landlords evicted Maui residents and housed wildfire survivors for more money....
When the agency inked contracts with private companies to identify homes they could rent for survivors, it didn’t prohibit them from signing up properties that had been occupied by long-term residents.
Wildfires unleash deadly air crisis as Western USA chokes on toxic...
Rising wildfire smoke nullifies decades of air quality gains.
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires prompts US air quality alerts for 70...
Cities affected included New York, Cleveland and Chicago.
Climate reality vs. public perception: Will toxic haze and the 2023...
The onslaught has led to another round of media headlines and press releases from environmental and public health groups asking whether the nation is at a tipping point of urgency to fight climate change.
Wildfire smoke exposure linked to increased COVID deaths
Health experts have suspected since the early days of the pandemic that a link existed between air pollution and the likelihood of catching the disease and experiencing a more severe infection.
Smoke from western wildfires to spread as far as New York
Wildfire smoke is a problem because it contributes to air pollution.
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.