Search results
4 Growing Threats to Europe’s Forests: Logging, Bioenergy, Wildfires and Pests
World Resources Institute· 1 day agoImpacts include fewer tall forests, climate change-induced wildfires, insect outbreaks, and, most recently, increased wood harvesting to meet additional demand for “home-grown ...
Puget Sound Energy could preemptively shut off power in Kitsap County due to wildfire risk
Kitsap Sun via Yahoo News· 4 days agoAmid a growing wildfire risk in Western Washington, Puget Sound Energy announced it could...
Damage done by 2024 wildfire season well below average so far, federal officials say
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCanada's wildfire season is off to a slow start, with the number of hectares burned so far this year...
Northwest leaders try again for more federal money for prescribed burns to prevent wildfire
Arizona Daily Sun· 3 days agoOregon and Washington leaders are using the start of the region’s wildfire season to once again ask...
Nursing homes are left in the dark as more utilities cut power to prevent wildfires
Colorado Newsline via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThis story was originally published by KFF Health News. When powerful wind gusts created threatening...
Forward-thinking investments and increased power grid flexibility can prevent wildfires
Utility Dive via Yahoo Finance· 5 days agoA methodology being developed by Lawrence Berkekey National Lab and others assesses different ...
PNM seeks to increase rates in 2025 and 2026
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo Finance· 25 minutes agoJun. 15—The Public Service Company of New Mexico is again trying to increase rates, after state regulators just five months ago ruled against letting the utility do so and actually ended up ...
Spokane fire officials offer wildfire season home protection tips | FOX 28 Spokane
FOX 28 Spokane· 2 days agoOfficials warn everyone to prepare for fire season. Guy Gifford from the Department of Natural Resources said preparing your property for the season and creating a defensible space is essential ...
Utility shutoff to prevent wildfires spotlights nursing home preparedness
Becker’s Hospital Review· 6 days agoBoulder, Colo.-based Frasier Retirement Community was given only 75 minutes notice before Xcel Energy cut its electrical service April 6 amid dry and windy wildfire ...
STC, Texas A&M Forest Service host wildfire training for Valley firefighters
KRGV Rio Grande Valley· 5 days agoOver 20 Rio Grande Valley firefighters are now trained to fight wildfires. Fuel is any form of...
