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Long after wildfires race through rural communities, mobile home parks still await rebuilding
May 25, 2022
In September 2020, blazes destroyed many homes and RVs in mobile home parks. Rebuilding plans call for publicly funded affordable housing.
Quantifying climate risk goes mainstream
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Lily Jamali
May 16, 2022
People seeking to minimize flood and fire risk when looking for a home have new tools to guide them.
U.S. Forest Service is short thousands of firefighters amid pay raise delay
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Nova Safo
May 10, 2022
With a pay raise funded by the infrastructure bill stuck in bureaucratic morass, the agency is struggling to staff up to the full force it needs.
Wildfires in April signal growing costs of climate change
Apr 26, 2022
What to do when fuel for fires seems infinite, but resources to fight fires is decidedly finite?
California utility PG&E agrees to pay $55 million settlement to avoid fire prosecution
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Lily Jamali
Apr 12, 2022
Attorneys said they decided to pursue a civil prosecution instead of criminal charges to "maximize the return to the fire victims rather than to seek criminal penalties."
How much is climate a factor in where people are moving?
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Dan Kraker
Jan 28, 2022
Duluth, Minnesota, is welcoming people who say they are moving away from places like California because of climate concerns.
In fire-prone California, experts push utilities to monitor the riskiest equipment on the grid
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Lily Jamali
Jan 6, 2022
Power lines and equipment have sparked devastating blazes. Now companies are asked to take stock of their aging infrastructure.
For public good, not for profit.
Prescribed burns can help reduce wildfire threat in the West
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Madelyn Beck
Nov 17, 2021
Managed burns take communication between federal officials and locals.
Climate change may force 200 million people to migrate, study says
Sep 14, 2021
And the mass migrations could start within a decade, according to a new report from the World Bank.
Wildfires have given parts of the West some of the worst air quality in the world
Aug 27, 2021
Even the East Coast has had air quality issues due to this summer's wildfire smoke.