Climate Wildfires
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![Animation: a drip torch setting trees on fire on a sign that says]()
![Animation: a drip torch setting trees on fire on a sign that says]()
How one town put politics aside to save itself from fire
Timber Wars tore this town apart. Wildfire prevention brought it back together.
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![A firefighter wearing a yellow vest, orange helmet and black pants walks past burned houses in Los Angeles. In the background, against the blue sky, semi-burnt trees are visible.]()
![A firefighter wearing a yellow vest, orange helmet and black pants walks past burned houses in Los Angeles. In the background, against the blue sky, semi-burnt trees are visible.]()
No matter the fire risk, California insurance companies can’t cancel your policy
State officials have banned companies from revoking renewals of policies in high fire risk areas.
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![a landscape scene where large, red flames burn behind trees and power lines]()
![a landscape scene where large, red flames burn behind trees and power lines]()
Can burying power lines prevent California’s next big wildfire?
PG&E, one of the country’s largest utilities, wants to put 10,000 miles of lines underground.
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![Ponderosa pines are silhouetted by the diffuse orange glow of smoke lit by dozens of fires.]()
![Ponderosa pines are silhouetted by the diffuse orange glow of smoke lit by dozens of fires.]()
As California’s fire season ramps up, “unprecedented” is getting a lot of use
The Caldor and Dixie disasters are just a glimpse of what this fire season could hold.
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![Illustration: silhouette of a woman looking at a large wildfire]()
![Illustration: silhouette of a woman looking at a large wildfire]()
Welcome to the Pyrocene
We have created a planetary fire age. Now we have to live in it.
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![Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.]()
![Smoke from California's Blue Ridge Fire turned skies a hazy orange.]()
New study strengthens link between wildfire smoke and severe COVID
Smoke from last year’s West Coast wildfires was associated with almost 20,000 excess COVID-19 cases.
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![Firefighters fight the Dixie Fire on July 26 amid smoky skies.]()
![Firefighters fight the Dixie Fire on July 26 amid smoky skies.]()
The Dixie Fire is moving too fast for California’s emergency alert systems
TV broadcasts and phone calls are no match for today’s quick-moving fires.
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Western wildfires are so intense they’re creating their own thunderclouds now
Huge pyrocumulonimbus clouds have formed over fires in the West. Here’s why they could become more common on a warmer planet.
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![Two people in Saint Paul, Minnesota, taking photos of the city shrouded in smoke from wildfires in Canada]()
![Two people in Saint Paul, Minnesota, taking photos of the city shrouded in smoke from wildfires in Canada]()
Wildfire smoke in Minnesota brings dystopian skies to the Midwest
‘Unprecedented’ haze from wildfires blanketed the Twin Cities last week. More smoke is coming.
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![Collage: photo of a wildfire inside of a speech bubble]()
Conservatives may be willing to take on climate change — if you call it something else
Fires are raging in their backyards. But many still scoff at global warming.
