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Wildfire threats make utility companies uninsurable in Northern California, across West
San Jose Mercury News· 1 day agoTrinity Public Utilities District’s power lines snake through the lower reaches of the Cascade...
Warren Buffett's PacifiCorp reaches $150 million wildfire settlement
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 19 hours agoThe settlement announced on Monday resolves substantially all individual claims in northern ...
What you need to know about the California budget deal
Santa Maria Times· 1 day agoCalifornia will make widespread cuts to state government operations, prisons, housing programs and...
This Juneteenth, it’s time for Biden to honor the federal holiday he created by ending forced labor
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 days agoMr. Abbey was given a single meal per day and provided no means to challenge either the conditions...
Law firms clash in PacifiCorp Oregon wildfire case over access to victims - Portland Business...
The Business Journals· 4 days agoIn late May, three law firms promoted a June 1 free lunch at a food cart pod in the heart of Santiam Canyon, where one of Oregon's devastating Labor Day ...
How California’s $100 billion surplus became a ‘budget emergency’
Washington Post· 2 days agoTwo years ago, California was so flush that Gov. Gavin Newsom was moved to make a bold declaration...
California's finally getting ready for the heat
Politico· 5 days agoArnold Schwarzenegger, who’s hosting an environmental summit in Austria, warned on MSNBC that traditional “climate change dialogue” isn’t working in countries like China and India...
How to celebrate Juneteenth in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times· 6 days agoOn this day in 1865, the federal government arrived in Galveston, Texas, to declare that all enslaved people must be freed. The Emancipation Proclamation...
Three Ideas to Beat the Heat, and the People Who Made Them Happen
New York Times· 8 hours agoAs temperatures soar around the world, practical experiments are emerging to protect people. An app...
Extreme Heat and Wildfire Smoke Should Be Considered 'Major Disasters' by FEMA Amid Climate Crisis,...
Smithsonian Magazine· 7 days agoTo date, FEMA has traditionally saved that classification for emergencies with obvious physical destruction. In a petition filed Monday, the coalition shared data that 2,300 Americans died in ...