Wildfires, fueled by heat and drought, are straining firefighters in Arizona and California as conditions augur worse fires to come in Oregon. At least 15 fires actively burning more than 400,000 acres
As extreme heat, drought, and wildfires spread across the state, Arizona is allocating funding to pay incarcerated people fighting those wildfires $1.50 per hour. Incarcerated people clearing brush, in temperatures that hit
Indigenous groups in Brazil are worried the health impacts of the inescapable smoke from the upcoming fire season will be even worse than normal as many struggle with the after-effects of COVID-19,
A giant sequoia is still smoldering after last year's Castle Fire, an illustration of the severity of last year's fire season and an indication of California's drought, the AP reports. Though giant
California will stop issuing new fracking permits by 2024 and will halt all oil drilling by 2045, Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday. Newsom's order to state regulators, if successful, would make California,
Air quality across Nepal has plummeted as more than 2,700 wildfires have raged across the country in the last six months, its worst fire season in a decade, Thomson Reuters reports. The
Wildfires burned across the Midwest and Great Plains over the weekend as dry, windy conditions induced 'Red Flag' warnings across the Central Continental U.S. The entire western portion of North Dakota faces
Wildfires across the American West caused so much deadly air pollution in 2020 that they far more than overcame the drop in pollution caused by pandemic-responsive travel restrictions, according to a new
Wildfires burned more acres this year in the U.S. than ever before in modern records, E&E reports based on data published by the National Interagency Fire Center. Extreme heat, fueled by climate
The federal government is more likely to take action aimed at reducing the severity of future wildfires in white and wealthy communities, according to new findings reported by the New York Times.
As California homeowners struggle to insure their homes against increasing fire risks driven by climate change, new research reveals the air pollution caused by the state's 2018 wildfires killed more than 36
Following widespread anger, and a phone call with Gov. Gavin Newsom and a key Republican lawmaker, the Trump administration approved California’s request for disaster funds for six major wildfires that scorched nearly
The already unprecedented 2020 wildfire season – made worse by climate change – reached a grim milestone on Sunday when California officials announced the fires had burned 4 million acres. The fires
As many as 3,000 people in California over the age of 65 have died between August 1 and September 10 because of the unprecedented smoke from the state's record-breaking wildfires, according to
Smoke from the record-breaking wildfires this year has contaminated grapes with an ashy flavor in some of the country's top wine regions and could portend ruined seasons to come as climate change
The deadly wildfires ripping through Northern California are just the latest in a season of record-defying natural disasters in the United States. As the death toll passes 40, reports of Californians hiding
Last week, wildfires swept through Chile, fueled by hot, windy weather. The blazes claimed 11 lives, razed 1,500 homes and burned down an area of forest roughly the size of Maui. Flames
China is bracing for a wave of deaths related to particulate air pollution, new research finds. The study, published in Atmospheric Environment, tracks increases in a type of air pollution known as
The impacts of climate change, combined with a national insurance crisis, are limiting Americans' ability to choose where to live, The Hill reports. Decades of American housing policy laid the foundation for
Children's books with stories about climate-fueled are becoming important tools for helping children cope with their traumatic experiences, E&E reports. The stories, experts say, can help strengthen the mental and emotional resilience
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