Wildfires
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PublishedOctober 17, 2020
Maine Voices: Fire-free forests aren’t possible, but we can’t abandon prevention
Containment efforts have paid off in Maine – in a record-breaking wildfire year here, the average acreage per fire is very low.
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PublishedOctober 16, 2020
Trump administration rejects, then approves, emergency aid for California fires
Trump has often been belligerent toward California's Democratic-dominated state government, blaming their oversight for record-setting fires.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2020
Death toll rises in California blazes as high winds approach
California has been battered for weeks by rounds of extreme weather that state officials say have been fueled by climate change.
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PublishedSeptember 29, 2020
Commentary: We can’t ignore wildfires’ dangers to people with chronic illnesses
My autoimmune disease symptoms are flaring uncontrollably from the smoke, and I’m not alone in my plight.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2020
Insight: Smokey Bear steered us wrong
We can’t prevent forest fires. We can only adapt to a climate that makes them bigger and more common.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2020
California braces for power shutoffs and warm, windy weekend
Firefighters battling the state's largest wildfire braced for the change in weather by constructing fuel breaks on Friday to keep the flames from reaching a marijuana-growing enclave.
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
California wildfire likely to grow from wind, low humidity
The Bobcat Fire is 15 percent contained and has destroyed nearly 100,000 acres.
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2020
Winds push California fire into Mojave Desert
Homes are destroyed as the Bobcat Fire, which is only 15 percent contained, grew by almost 20,000 acres.
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PublishedSeptember 18, 2020
Firefighter dies battling wildfire in California
The blaze erupted earlier this month from a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device used by a couple to reveal their baby’s gender.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2020
Leonard Pitts: Is it too late for a nation engulfed in fires and COVID deniers?
Now the bill for ignorance and inaction comes due, payable in currency of ashes and fevers, blackened homes, congested lungs and death.
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