GFMC: Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
August 2015
- USA: State Employed Juvenile Inmates To Fight Wildfires, Until Escape (published by www.huffingtonpost.com 31 August 2015)
- USA: West Coast Weed Farms Are Lighting Up (published by www.psmag.com 31 August 2015)
- USA: Forest fires in Alaska: A ticking climate time bomb (published by www.dw.com 31 August 2015)
- Democratic Republic of Congo: At Least 3 Dead, Thousands Homeless in DR Congo Bushfires (published by www.ndtv.com 29 August 2015)
- USA: Lack of prescribed burns fuels rise of megafires, ASU fire historian says (published by https://asunews.asu.edu 28 August 2015)
- USA: Drone tracks fire hot spots in successful Olympic forest test (published by www.seattletimes.com 28 August 2015)
- USA: Okanogan wildfire grows by 22 square miles; at least 94 homes and cabins destroyed (published by http://q13fox.com 28 August 2015)
- USA: Fire crews take the train (published by www.dailyinterlake.com 27 August 2015)
- Canada: The psychology behind forest fires and how to cope with the stress (published by www.theglobeandmail.com 27 August 2015)
- Antigua/Burmuda: Landfill fires: A reminder from Antigua (published by www.compasscayman.com 27 August 2015)
- USA: Climate change fueling larger wildfires in western U.S. (published by www.usatoday.com 27 August 2015)
- USA: Thousands respond to call for wildfire volunteers (published by www.king5.com 27 August 2015)
- Malaysia/Indonesia: KL to discuss haze with Jakarta (published by http://news.asiaone.com 26 August 2015)
- USA/United Kingdom: English firefighters help on eastern Oregon’s fire lines (published by www.oregonlive.com 26 August 2015)
- Indonesia: Haze worsens in Riau and Jambi, schools shut down (published by www.thejakartapost.com 26 August 2015)
- USA: Soldiers shipping out to John Day for firefighting (published by www.bendbulletin.com 26 August 2015)
- Indonesia: Political economy of fire and haze: Moving to long-term solutions (published by http://blog.cifor.org 26 August 2015)
- USA: Washington wildfires now largest in state’s history (published by www.usatoday.com 26 August 2015)
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Maniema : 6 000 personnes sans abris à cause des feux de forêt (published by www.radiookapi.net 26 August 2015)
- USA: Resources Falling Short as Washington Wildfire Grows Into Historic Monster (published by www.nbcnews.com 25 August 2015)
- Peru: Forest fire in Peruvian Andes extinguished (published by http://latino.foxnews.com 25 August 2015)
- Australia/World: Indigenous fire methods could slash global emissions: UN report (published by www.brisbanetimes.com.au 25 August 2015)
- Russia: Battle for Baikal: Raging Siberian wildfires threaten world’s biggest freshwater lake (published by www.rt.com 24 August 2015)
- USA: DNR asks public for help fighting fires (published by www.kxly.com 22 August 2015)
- World: July was hottest month recorded worldwide: U.S. scientists (published by http://planetark.org 21 August 2015)
- Spain: Marcha negra de los trabajadores de la BRIF para reclamar mejoras laborales (published by www.eldiario.es 21 August 2015)
- Australia/New Zealand/USA: NIFC Mobilizes Australian and New Zealand Firefighters to Help With Western Wildfires (published by http://media.spokesman.com 20 August 2015)
- Zimbabwe: Govt to Get Tough On Veld Fires (published by http://allafrica.com 20 August 2015)
- USA: This Graphic Shows How Unimaginable Wildfires Are on the Rise (published by http://time.com 20 August 2015)
- USA: Statement from Secretary Tom Vilsack on Ongoing Devastating Wildfire Season (published by www.usda.gov 20 August 2015)
- Canada: Another threat to B.C. fire? Retardant from forest fires (published by www.cknw.com 19 August 2015)
- South Africa: Wildfire sparks clash over controlled burning (published by www.scidev.net 18 August 2015)
- ASEAN: Haze chokehold spurring efforts to save Indonesias forests (published by http://news.mongabay.com 18 August 2015)
- USA: NIFC Mobilizes Active Duty Military Personnel to Help with Wildfire Suppression (published by www.nifc.gov 17 August 2015)
- USA: Missoula researchers study how much smoke wildland firefighters can handle (published by http://missoulian.com 17 August 2015)
- USA: El Nino more likely to last into Northern Hemisphere spring: U.S. forecaster (published by http://planetark.org 14 August 2015)
- Angola: Official Warns of Bushfire Impact On Soil Fertility (published by http://allafrica.com 13 August 2015)
- USA: Thousands Of Firefighters In California Are Inmates, Being Paid $1 An Hour On The Line (published by http://thinkprogress.org 13 August 2015)
- India: Uttarakhand seeks to cut lakhs of pines to curb forest fires (published by http://economictimes.indiatimes.com 13 August 2015)
- Australia: NSW Government to again change rules over land clearing in bushfire-prone areas (published by www.abc.net.au 12 August 2015)
- Ukraine / REEFMC / GFMC: Forest fires in Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine (published by https://gfmc.online/12 August 2015)
- USA: Wildfires push plants to move north (published by www.futurity.org 11 August 2015)
- Russia: Wildfires rage in Russia’s remote eastern Siberia (published by http://phys.org 11 August 2015)
- Australia: Beating bushfires: Who’s right The RFS, conservationists, farmers, politicians or firefighters? (published by www.smh.com.au 09 August 2015)
- USA: Obama pushes Congress on wildfire funding (published by http://thehill.com 09 August 2015)
- USA: Lincoln County: USDA calls for change in forest fire funding (published by www.abqjournal.com 07 August 2015)
- USA: Aircraft narrowly lead fatalities list in wildland fire study (published by http://missoulian.com 04 August 2015)
- Germany: Brände gefährden Brandenburgs Wälder (published by www.maz-online.de 04 August 2015)
- Zambia: Bush Fire Claims 2 Infants in Kitwe (published by http://zambiareports.com 04 August 2015)
- USA: Homeowners: Experts view wildfire danger differently (published by www.thedenverchannel.com 03 August 2015)
- USA: The cost-benefit analysis of aerial firefighting (published by www.hcn.org 03 August 2015)
- Australia: Pollies urged to fire up on bushfire basics (published by www.theland.com.au 03 August 2015)
- USA: SAVE Cards Offer Immediate Aid to Victims of Catastrophic Loss (published by http://yubanet.com 01 August 2015)