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California officials, environmentalists split over plans to harvest biomass from Sierra forests
Courthouse News Service· 3 days agoAcross California, proposals are trickling in for new biomass facilities that seek to convert wood...
You Have Every Reason to Avoid Breathing Wildfire Smoke
The Atlantic· 2 days agoSummertime in North America is becoming smoke season. Last summer, when a haze from catastrophic...
Mystery over Lake Mead fire that engulfed 26 boats
Newsweek· 6 days agoAn investigation has been launched after a fire at Lake Mead, Nevada, burned 26 boats. Eleven boats were destroyed and two people injured in the blaze at...
Evacuation orders issued as 4,400-acre brushfire burns near Gorman
CBS News· 1 day agoA massive 4,400-acre brushfire forced evacuation orders near Gorman on Saturday. The fire, which has...
Forward-thinking investments and increased power grid flexibility can prevent wildfires
Utility Dive via Yahoo Finance· 7 days agoA methodology being developed by Lawrence Berkekey National Lab and others assesses different...
Extra moisture on West Coast allowing climate-sensitive Joshua trees to recover: Experts
ABC News· 3 days agoPopulations of the iconic Joshua tree may be showing signs of recovery after several rounds of...
Silicon Valley-backed plan for new California city qualifies for November ballot
CBS News· 5 days agoVoters will be asked to allow urban development on 27 square miles (70 square kilometers) of land...
Officials want to stop release of repeat sex offender in Stanislaus County
CBS News· 3 days agoA sexual predator with 50 years of criminal acts, many of them against children, could be released...
Grant Fire in Sacramento County: Forward progress stopped on 119-acre fire in Rancho Cordova
ABC 10 Sacramento· 4 days agoOfficials said the vegetation fire was at Grant Line Road and White Rock Road.
Extra moisture on West Coast allowing climate-sensitive Joshua trees to recover: Experts
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 3 days agoPopulations of the iconic Joshua tree may be showing signs of recovery after several rounds of...