The exploding costs of fighting US wildfires
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Scientists have found another alarming pattern in wildfires
The extreme heat, high winds, and severe dry conditions that produce towering, fast-moving flames that advance by the acre are ...
Federal judge nixes rule that enables clearcutting in the name of taming wildfires
A patch of the White Mountain National Forest is clear-cut in a logging operation near Stow, Maine. Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis/Getty/Inside Climate ...
California National Guard Is Not Available For CA Wildfires
It’s tough to believe it has been almost a month since President Donald Trump illegally commandeered thousands of California National ...
Musk Targeted FEMA. Disaster-Stricken Communities Are Paying a Price.
A post from Elon Musk last month trumpeted a supposedly startling discovery by his team of government cost-cutters: The Federal ...
Dust Storms in Texas and New Mexico Raise Fire Risks
Bone-dry winds tore across parts of Texas and New Mexico, kicking up dust storms and causing dangerous driving conditions, as ...
‘It Got Everything’: Oklahoma Residents Who Escaped Fires Brace for Losses
When Geraldine and Charles Wyrick heard shouts ring out through their community of a dozen trailer homes on Friday afternoon ...
Wildfires in the Carolinas Prompt Evacuations
Brush fires fueled by gusty winds and dry conditions that broke in North and South Carolina persisted on Sunday, prompting ...
Trump Seeks to Assert More Control Over California’s Water
The White House on Sunday released an executive order by President Trump that laid out a plan to exert the ...
Trump Visits North Carolina and California, Alternately Soothing and Sparring
President Trump toured disaster zones on Friday in North Carolina and California, where he sparred with Democrats over recovery efforts, ...
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