wildfires, Tag

I knew it would be coming, and it has arrived. First, a reminder image of that fateful day. Google Earth Pro (free app) has updated the aerial imagery for Paradise, CA to show the results after the devastating Campfire of...

California’s Monarch butterfly population hit a record low in 2018 after dropping a whopping 86 percent from the previous year. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, the total population has declined...

Jim Steele writes: I am excited to announce my local weekly paper the Pacifica Tribune has added me as a columnist. Every 2 weeks I will post my column “What’s Natural”. The publisher has 5 other papers in the SF paper...

From The Daily Caller 3:56 PM 12/31/2018 | Energy Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter California’s largest utility could face murder charges or manslaughter charges if found responsible for sparking recent, deadly wildfires...

Public Release: 26-Dec-2018 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Tree rings tell the story of what’s happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought, pests...

From The Daily Caller Trump Takes Steps To Prevent Catastrophic Forest Fires, Including More Logging 7:22 AM 12/24/2018 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor President Trump issued an executive order allowing...

From Cornell Chronicle By David Nutt | October 1, 2018 Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future This graphic shows the decline of black carbon emissions from fire activity from 1700 to the present, contrasted with the...

By Jim Steele I was interviewed by journalists for a video journalist group, Imperfect Union, who make videos for Facebook Watch. They interview people with opposing views on a wide range of topics. This was their first climate...

December 4, 2018 Guest post by Bob Vislocky In light of the devastating wildfires that ravished California last month, I thought it would be interesting to critically review a frequently referenced article published in the...

From The Daily Wire ByEmily Zanotti @emzanotti TRUMP WAS RIGHT: Jerry Brown Eased California Logging Rules Back In August Months ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown urged state lawmakers to loosen restrictive logging regulations...

GOOD NEWS. Infrared log from the latest flyover shows only isolated heat spots in the #CampFire remaining. There are no active fire front areas. See map. 1.32″ of rain was recorded at the Jarbo Gap weather station...

Let the forest management and glyphosate wars begin!  Go! ~ctm From the CBC Provincial rules require spraying of fire-resistant aspen trees to make way for valuable conifers Bethany Lindsay · CBC News · Posted: Nov 17,...

From Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog Tuesday, November 20, 2018 The Camp Fire that struck the northern California town of Paradise and vicinity is a profoundly disturbing environmental disaster of first magnitude.  Nearly...

I’ve been asked to write this, because this silly fear mongering keeps making the rounds on social media. It has about the same level of sophistication as the disproved idea that “chemtrails” are raining...

The ironically titled “Downtown Paradise Safety Project” may have created a deadly evacuation bottleneck. We have all seen videos of the horror of the exodus from the town of Paradise, CA during the November...