GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
February 2015
- USA: Wildland firefighting in Western Alaska hit by proposed budget cuts (published by www.adn.com 27 February 2015)
- Australia: Australian PM to thank NZ fire crews (published by https://nz.news.yahoo.com 27 February 2015)
- Australia: Group calls for study into turbine impact an aerial firefighting (published by http://www.standard.net 26 February 2015)
- USA: Study reveals 900,000 homes at risk from wildfires (published by http://insurancenewsnet.com 26 February 2015)
- Argentina: More than 16,500 hectares of forest go up in flames (published by www.buenosairesherald.com 25 February 2015)
- Australia: Cattle producers voice concerns that Australian Defence Force is starting bushfires across the Northern Territory (published by www.abc.net 25 February 2015)
- Canada: Climate change could decrease wetland carbon storage (published by http://beaconnews.ca 24 February 2015)
- Ghana: Farmer dies in a bush fire (published by http://pulse.com 25 February 2015)
- Australia: Massive bushfires, more intense heatwaves tipped for WA in climate council report (published by www.abc.net 24 February 2015)
- Namibia: Hardap forest protection on hold (published by www.namibian.com 24 February 2015)
- USA: California firefighters battle blazes with data from the cloud (published by www.cio.com 23 February 2015)
- USA: Helping communities deal with climate change is major focus in ’16 budget, says OMB official (published by www.fiercehomelandsecurity.com 23 February 2015)
- USA: US Army Reserve conducts firefighting training mission with CAL FIRE (published by www.airmedandrescue.com 20 February 2015)
- El Salvador: El Salvador recurre a información satelital para detectar incendios forestales (published by http://economia.terra.cl 17 February 2015)
- Chile: Incendio forestal amenaza viviendas en Curacaví (published by www.24horas.cl 17 February 2015)
- Chile: 4 mil cerdos murieron quemados por incendio forestal en Chillán (published by www.publimetro.cl 19 February 2015)
- Trinidad and Tobago: Fighting climate change with community action (published by www.ipsnews.net 18 February 2015)
- USA: DHS S&T helps to redesign wildland fire fighter protection gear (published by www.hstoday.us 18 February 2015)
- India: Forest fires degrade habitat; escalate man-animal conflict (published by www.thehindu.com 18 February 2015)
- India: Village folk roped in to stem forest fires (published by www.thehindu.com 18 February 2015)
- Zanzibar: Tanzania: Zanzibar stops raging forest fire (published by http://allafrica.com 18 February 2015)
- Global: Massive forest fires could be cooling the earth (published by www.gizmodo.com 17 February 2015)
- USA: Say no to exploding targets on state lands (published by http://missoulian.com 15 February 2015)
- Australia: Climate report says heat extremes to get far worse in Australia (published by www.greenleft.org.au 14 February 2015)
- USA: Senators McCain, Flake Reintroduce Legislation to Address Wildfire Suppression (published by www.prescottenews.com 14 February 2015)
- Chile: Chile seeks neighbors’ help to battle wildfires (published by http://latino.foxnews.com 13 February 2015)
- USA: Colorado reservist member of award winning C-130 MAFFS crew (published by www.afrc.af.mil 13 February 2015)
- Australia: SA Emergency Services Minister Tony Piccolo denies ‘playing tourist’ during Sampson Flat bushfires (published by https://au.gwn7.yahoo.com 13 February 2015)
- USA: Colorado is the only state to get two new state of the art wildfire-fighting planes (published by www.kjct8.com 12 February 2015)
- Cuba: Prevention for Forest Fires in Cuba (published by www.plenglish.com 12 February 2015)
- USA: Evacuations remain after wildfire chars California towns (published by www.toledoblade.com 10 February 2015)
- Australia: Bushfires are burning bright in Australian letters and life (published by http://theconversation.com 10 February 2015)
- USA: Residents Return to California Towns Charred by Wildfire (published by http://abcnews.go.com10 February 2015)
- Australia: Baked Australia: Bushfires Blaze as New Report Pins Blame for Intense Heat Waves on Climate Change (published by http://blogs.discovermagazine.com 09 February 2015)
- USA: Grass Fire Damages 100 Cars at Bell County Home (published by www.kxxv.com 08 February 2015)
- Ukraine: Rise in wildfires may resurrect Chernobyl’s radiation (published by www.newscientist.com 09 February 2015)
- USA: Forest Service Puts Women Through Wildland Firefighting Boot Camp (published by www.keyt.com 08 February 2015)
- USA: Round Fire Grows To 7,000 Acres; 20 Buildings Burned (published by www.myfoxla.com 08 February 2015)
- New Zealand: Firefighting helicopter crashes (published by www.scoop.co.nz 05 February 2015)
- Australia: Smoke From Aussie Bushfires Blown Almost to Antarctica (published by http://blogs.discovermagazine.com 05 February 2015)
- Australia: Black Saturday bushfire victims agree $300m settlement with AusNet (published by www.theguardian.com 05 February 2015)
- Australia: WA bushfires: Residents refusing to evacuate told crews will not risk their lives for them (published by https://au.gwn7.yahoo.com 05 February 2015)
- USA: Seasons of Smoke (published by www.opb.org 04 February 2015)
- Vietnam: Long dry spell increases risk of forest fire (published by http://english.vietnamnet.vn 04 February 2015)
- UK: Underground fire has broken out in disused mine and could ‘burn for years’ bringing down trees and causing nearby land to collapse (published by www.dailymail.co.uk 04 February 2015)
- Cambodia: Girl Killed by UXO Explosion in Kompong Speu (published by www.cambodiadaily.com 03 February 2015)