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California wildfires caused by humans are more dangerous than fires sparked by lightning
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Mendocino Complex fire, started in 2018 by a man trying to plug the entrance of a wasp nest with...
Here are the largest wildfires in U.S. history
CBS News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe wildfire ravaging the Texas Panhandle is now one of the largest wildfires in U.S. history, with an estimated more than 1.1 million acres burned so...
Stop Calling It “Climate Anxiety.” It’s Climate Dread.
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe immensity and destruction of the 2018 wildfires in Sonoma County, California, left a visceral...
Dusting and Mopping Better Than Air Purifiers for Cleaning Indoor Air After a Wildfire
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 7 months agoEven after smoke from a wildfire has visibly cleared, lingering toxins indoors can tank air quality...
Column: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects 'network neutrality,' a boon for consumers
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoFederal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel shepherded a restoration of network...
These are largest, deadliest and most destructive wildfires in Texas, US history
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe ongoing Smokehouse Creek Fire has been deemed the largest in Texas history. Although official wildfire data prior to 2005 was not recorded as it is now, we still have nearly two decades ...
What can Northern California expect this wildfire season? Risk depends on where you live
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecord rains this winter may have dampened Northern California, but wildfire season is still coming...
Legislature is avoiding key issues, including worsening California fire insurance crisis
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs the Legislature reconvenes this week for the final month of its 2023 session, it will be deciding...
Firefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in Northern California get help from light rain
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFirefighters battling lightning-sparked blazes in northwest California got some help from wet...
Maui wildfire now ranks as the fifth-deadliest in US history
ABC News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWith dozens of people still unaccounted for, the conflagration that has caused widespread...