Climate Wildfires
All Stories
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New York reports the worst air quality in the world as smoke creeps along the coast
Canadian wildfires send smoke and air pollution to more than 55 million Americans.
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Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there — unless you’re a California homeowner
State Farm blamed "rapidly growing catastrophe exposure," along with inflation and reinsurance costs, for fleeing the Golden State ahead of wildfire season.
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Study: A third of the West’s burned forests can be traced to fossil fuel companies
The research could advance court cases seeking to hold polluters accountable for climate-fueled disasters.
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A lawsuit to protect streams could take away a prime firefighting tool
As wildfires intensify, so does the fight over a fire retardant.
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Wildfires have burned nearly 1 million acres in western Canada
The flames are fueled by the same weather phenomenon that caused the 2019 bushfires in Australia.
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Boreal wildfires in 2021 released more carbon emissions than any other fire this century
The earth's northernmost regions have entered a vicious cycle of warming and wildfire.
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PG&E cuts thousands of workers ahead of winter wildfire maintenance
The layoffs spell danger for fire season.
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The cost of wildfires is rising. But by how much?
States are struggling to budget given incomplete data
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This California city needs housing. But is a new development destined to burn?
Still reeling from the 2018 Camp Fire, Chico residents are divided over a large new subdivision planned in the path of the last blaze.
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How California’s initiative to fund electric vehicles went terribly wrong
Prop 30 had widespread support. Then Governor Newsom and billionaires got involved.