EnvironmentThe ‘Burn Scars’ Of Wildfires Threaten The West’s Drinking WaterSeptember 29, 2021Sediment from massive blazes chokes rivers and reservoirs, contaminating water supplies. The problem is only getting worse as climate change intensifies wildfires and lengthens the fire season.
EnvironmentDangerous Air: We Mapped The Rise In Wildfire Smoke Across America. Here’s How We Did ItSeptember 28, 2021The analysis is based on more than 10 years of data collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and reveals a startling increase in the number of days residents are breathing smoke at the ZIP code level.
EnvironmentDangerous Air: As California burns, America breathes toxic smokeSeptember 28, 2021Smoke from wildfires, which have burned millions of acres in California alone, is choking vast swaths of the country.
EnvironmentCalifornia Moves On Climate Change, But Rejects Aggressive Cuts To Greenhouse EmissionsSeptember 26, 2021Drought, wildfires, extreme heat: California lawmakers cast climate change as the culprit in an emerging series of public health threats, setting aside billions to help communities respond.
EnvironmentPG&E Is Charged With Manslaughter In A California Wildfire That Killed 4September 24, 2021Pacific Gas & Electric was charged Friday with manslaughter and other crimes after its equipment sparked a Northern California wildfire that killed four people and destroyed hundreds of homes last year, prosecutors said.
EnvironmentHow Indigenous Knowledge Is Changing The Way California Tracks The Effects of Climate ChangeSeptember 22, 2021 | Manola SecairaFor a long time, Indigenous knowledge has been ignored in Western science and academia. A recent report challenges this trend, by including tribal perspectives in research on the indicators of climate change.
EnvironmentAs California’s Drought Deepens, Water Use Drops Only 1.8%September 21, 2021Officials warn that next year’s cuts in water supply could go even deeper as severe drought grips nearly 90% of California. Residents of the North Coast and Bay Area conserved more than Southern Californians did.
State GovernmentCalifornia's Firefighters Keep Getting Injured While Training. And Some Have DiedSeptember 21, 2021Over the last year and a half, almost four dozen Cal Fire firefighters have suffered from heat illness during training, and since 2003, five have died.
EnvironmentHere's Why Firefighters Are Wrapping Sequoia Trees In Aluminum BlanketsSeptember 20, 2021The sequoias are "wrapped with house-wrapping material, kind of an aluminum-foil fabric that goes around the base of the trees," says Jon Wallace, who is helping to lead the firefighting effort.
EnvironmentHighway 50 Reopened Tuesday, A Month After The Caldor Fire Closed ItSeptember 20, 2021 | Chris Hagan | Ed FletcherOfficials say drivers should be alert to crews working along the highway and cautioned that the area will look very different than it did before the fire.
