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- Is using a wood fire to heat being Green? Wed, 30 Jun 10, 1:02pmWe look at whether using a wood fire to heat your home is being really green or not.
- Evacuations ordered as Caldor Fire moves toward Lake Tahoe Tue, 31 Aug 21, 4:30amOver the weekend, evacuation warnings were issued to the residents of South Lake Tahoe as the Caldor Fire advanced. Additional evacuation orders now include El Dorado County. Toxic smoke clouds South Lake Tahoe, causing fear...
- California Caldor Fire destroys town, keeps raging Fri, 20 Aug 21, 3:30amWhat started as a little blaze last weekend in El Dorado County, California, has turned into a town-gobbling inferno. The Caldor Fire tore through the 1,200-person town of Grizzly Flats, leaving not much more than the elementary...
- Wildfire smoke linked to almost 20,000 COVID-19 cases last year Wed, 18 Aug 21, 3:30amThe coronavirus pandemic and raging wildfires were two heinous events of 2020. And in one of life’s unfair twists of evil synergy, a new study from Harvard says that smoke from West Coast wildfires increased the...
- Siberian wildfires send smoke to North Pole in historical first Tue, 17 Aug 21, 4:30amAisen Nikolayev, head of the Siberian region Yakutia, declared last Friday a non-working day following heavy smoke from raging forest fires. Nikolayev urged residents to stay at home due to the health risks associated with...
- California Dixie fire growing too fast for warning systems Thu, 12 Aug 21, 4:30amThe Northern California Dixie Fire that erupted last month continues to make history. The elusive fire officially became the largest active wildfire in the U.S. last weekend. On Monday, it was recognized as California's second-largest...
- California couple charged for starting wildfire during gender reveal Sat, 24 Jul 21, 4:31amRefugio Manuel Jimenez Jr. and Angela Renee Jimenez, a Southern California couple responsible for starting a forest fire last year, have recently been charged with involuntary manslaughter. The couple started the fire after...
- Oregon's Bootleg Fire is creating its own weather Sat, 24 Jul 21, 3:30amUsually, weather conditions influence how wildfires behave. But southern Oregon’s massive Bootleg Fire is so powerful that it’s changing the weather.[...]
- Fireworks banned due to heat in parts of western US Fri, 2 Jul 21, 3:30amThe U.S. has long prized personal rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of sparkly stuff to set on fire come the Fourth of July. But this year, fire chiefs in some cities across the West Coast are saying no to...
- Claim: Colorado River basin due for more frequent, intense hydroclimate events Fri, 9 Apr 21, 11:00amIn every scenario, the number and magnitude of each type of extreme event increased on average across the Colorado River Basin for the future period compared to the historical period...
- Massive Fires: far worse 4,000 years ago in Northern Australia Sat, 6 Mar 21, 5:46amKenneth Richard at NoTricksZone, found some studies showing Fires are less common today than in the past — including a ripper of an Australian study.
- How do you Extinguish a Lithium Battery Fire? Fri, 5 Mar 21, 1:00amA few weeks ago I asked a fire fighter friend how they extinguish electric vehicle battery fires. His answer was "you can't".
- Arctic wildfires rage through Siberia Wed, 29 Jul 20, 2:30amThe earth's poles have made the news a lot this summer, and not for good reasons. Now, another awful update has hit, with Arctic wildfires burning out of control.[...]
- Koalas extinct? Hardly. “Nearly everything you have read or heard about koalas is wrong” Fri, 3 Jul 20, 5:34amSince Europeans arrived Koalas have been booming and busting The calls were out this week saying that koalas will be extinct in New South Wales in 30 years...
- Koalas extinct? Hardly. “Nearly everything you have read or heard about koalas, is wrong” Fri, 3 Jul 20, 5:34amSince Europeans arrived Koalas have been booming and busting The calls were out this week saying that koalas will be extinct in New South Wales in 30 years...
- PG&E pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2018 wildfire deaths Fri, 19 Jun 20, 3:30amUtility giant Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) pled guilty this week to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one felony count of unlawful fire starting, admitting its faulty power lines began a horrendous 2018 wildfire.[...]