NOVEMBER (ALL NEWS)

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

November 2018

USA: Thousands evacuatedasflash floods, mudslides hit wildfire-ravaged California (Published by https://www.cbsnews.com/ 30 November 2018)
USA: CA wildfire aid tangledinfights over Trump’s border wall, GOP tax bill (Published by https://www.sfchronicle.com 30 November 2018)
USA: State takes overfailinginsurer after California wildfire(Publishedby https://www.wtol.com/ 30 November 2018)
USA: Bay Briefing:Howwildfires are undermining California’s climate progress (Published by https://www.sfchronicle.com/30 November 2018)
USA: War against wildfiresanew priority for House Armed Services Committee? (Published by https://thehill.com/ 29 November 2018)
USA: In fire preventiontest,PG&E installing underground lines along rural Sonoma County road (Published by https://www.sonomanews.com/ 29 November 2018)
CANADA: Manitobaofficiallyprivatizes wildfire-fighting service (Publishedby https://www.cbc.ca/ 29 November 2018)
USA: Search for remainsinCalifornia’s deadliest wildfire officially ends (Published by https://www.reuters.com/ 29 November 2018)
USA: Fitch Warns ofNegativeCredit Effects on Reinsurance from California Wildfires (Published by https://www.insurancejournal.com/ 28 November 2018)
EASTERN EUROPE: CLIMATE CHANGEFOCUS:Cutting emissions, one bog at a time(Publishedby https://news.un.org/ 27 November 2018
USA: California CampFireUpdate: Wildfire Death Toll Rises To 88 As Rescuers Search For 203 Missing (Published by https://www.newsweek.com/ 27 October 2018)
USA: Gatlinburgwildfire,two-year mark: Safety changes made, rebuilding continues (Published by https://www.knoxnews.com 27 November 2018)
USA: Wildfire-ResistantHomesCost Roughly Same as a Typical Home, According to HeadWaters Economics (Published by https://www.prnewswire.com/ 27 November 2018)
USA: Wildfires bringclimate’sdark forcings to the stratosphere (Publishedby https://www.mpic.de/ 27 November 2018)
USA: Can We DesignCaliforniaHouses So They Don’t Burn?
(Published by https://slate.com/ 26 November 2018)
USA: Future wildfires willbefought with algorithms (Published by https://www.fastcompany.com/ 26 November 2018)
USA: Climate changecouldtriple the frequency of large wildfires, says new federal report (Published by https://www.mcclatchydc.com/ 26 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Queenslandbushfires:Australians flee homes after ‘highly unusual’ fires break out (Published by https://www.independent.co.uk/ 26 November 2018)
USA: “If forests were meanttoburn, why not the houses in them?”(Publishedby https://www.dezeen.com/ 26 November 2018)
USA: 2.9 million Coloradansnowlive in areas at risk of wildfire(Publishedby https://www.fireengineering.com/ 26 November 2018)
USA: Social MediaSpreadsMisinformation During The Woolsey Fire (Published by http://pepperdine-graphic.com/ 25 October 2018)
USA: Polis, incominggovernorslook at wildfires, natural disasters as priority (Published by https://www.aspentimes.com/ 25 November 2018)
USA: To Prevent WildfireDevastation, Researcher Looks At Building Design(Published by https://www.npr.org 24 November 2018)
USA: Many CaliforniaFarmworkersForced To Stay Behind During The Wildfires (Publishedby https://www.npr.org 24 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Safety first forIngleside (Published by https://www.miragenews.com/ 23 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Modified Boeing 737usedto fight wildfire for first time(Publishedby https://www.bbc.com/ 23 November 2018)
USA: Fighting fire withfirevia ‘pyrosilviculture (Published by https://www.davisenterprise.com/ 23 November 2018)
AUSTALIA: EXCLUSIVE: Almost 200WAschools still waiting on ember screens ahead of bushfire season (Published by https://www.communitynews.com.au/ 23 November 2018)
USA: How a quietCaliforniatown protects itself against today’s megafires (Published by https://mashable.com/ 23 November 2018)
USA: A Frantic Call,aNeighbor’s Knock, but Few Official Alerts as Wildfire Closed In (Published by https://www.nytimes.com/ 21 November 2018)
USA: Californiawildfires:smoke spreads to New York, 3,000 miles away (Publishedby https://www.theguardian.com/ 22 November 2018)
USA: As wildfires getworse,who will be hit hardest? Impact on some groups will be ‘strikinglyunequal,’study says (Published by https://www.azcentral.com/ 22 November 2018)
USA: Wildfire SmokeCouldShorten Californian Lifespans(Publishedby https://newrepublic.com/ 21 November 2018)
USA: Rain unlikely tobe“extremely toxic” despite dubious warnings [Updated] (Published by https://sf.curbed.com/ 21 November 2018)
Central African Republic: Three killed inCARbushfire (Published by https://www.journalducameroun.com 21 November 2018)
Cattle or chainsaws:Islivestock grazing effective for thinning Arizona’s fire-threatened forests? (Published by https://www.azcentral.com/ 21 November 2018)
SINGAPORE: Burning Indonesianpeatcauses haze in Singapore
(Published by http://news.mit.edu/ 21 November 2018)
USA: NASA Mobilizes to AidCalifornia Fires Response (Published by https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ 20 November 2018)
USA/ISRAEL: Israelienvironmentalgroup offers US Forest Service help to recover from Californiafires (Published by https://www.jta.org/ 20 November 2018)
USA: Trump administrationwantsto speed up forest thinning (Publishedby https://www.redding.com/ 20 November 2018)
USA: If WildfiresDrivePG&E Into Bankruptcy, What Happens to Renewable Energy Contracts? (Published by https://www.greentechmedia.com/ 20 November 2018)
USA: California’sWildfiresCould Mean A Generation Of Lung Problems (Publishedby https://fivethirtyeight.com/ 20 November 2018)
USA: Fighting fireswith“forest resilience” bonds (Publishedby https://www.cbsnews.com/ 20 November 2018)
USA: Fuel to the Fire (Published by https://features.propublica.org/ 20 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: CFA data revealsVictorians are complacent about bushfires (Publishedby https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ 19 November 2018)
USA: Updates: CaliforniaWildfires Have Now Killed 80 With More Than 900 Still Missing (Published by https://www.buzzfeednews.com/ 19 November 2018)
USA: California wildfires:Concern over rain in search efforts (Publishedby https://www.bbc.com/ 19 November 2018)
GERMANY:
Forest fire in the GiantMountains (Published by https://www.sz-online.de/ 19 November 2018)
USA: With illness in sheltersand hotels at capacity, wildfire evacuees desperately seek refuge (Published by https://www.washingtonpost.com/ 19 November 2018)
INDIA: To Reduce Forest Fires,IIT Mandi Converts Pine Cones Into Bio Fuel (Publishedby https://thelogicalindian.com/ 19 November 2018)
USA: Al-Qaeda Once AdvocatedArson to Set Forest Fires; Now Calls Them “Allah’s Punishment” (19 November 2018 Published by https://www.thenewamerican.com/)
USA: Fine particles fromwildfire smoke can hurt your body in ways you never dreamed of (Published by https://www.sacbee.com/ 19 November 2018)
PERU: Arequipa: forest fire issuppressed in Chachani volcano (Publishedby https://elcomercio.pe 18 November 2018)
TURKEY: Forest fire on theHakkıbey peninsula (Published by https://www.haberturk.com/ 16 November 2018)
USA: From Pine Cones to HobbitHoles, Mimicking Nature Can Help Humans Adapt to Wildfires Published by https://www.scientificamerican.com/ 16 November 2018)
INDIA/SWEDEN: To Reduce StubbleBurning, IKEA Decides To Convert Rice Straw Into Household Wares (Published by https://thelogicalindian.com/ 16 November 2018)
USA: How California Cities CanTackle Wildfire Prevention (Published by https://www.citylab.com/ 16 November 2018)
USA: 631 reported missing, 63dead in California wildfire (Published by https://www.bostonglobe.com/)
USA: What the Dutch Can TeachUs About Wildfires (Published by https://www.nytimes.com/ 16 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Record claims losses loomas California blazes (Publishedby https://www.insurancenews.com.au/ 15 November 2018)
USA: Major Campaign Aims to Unravel Exactly What Is in Wildfire Smoke Published by https://www.scientificamerican.com/ 13 November 2018)
USA: THE TANK THAT’S TOUGHER THAN WILDFIRE (Published by https://www.popularmechanics.com 13 November 2018)
USA: Woolsey Fire: Firefighters battle flare-up in Lake Sherwood area amid blaze of 96,314 acres (Published by https://abc7.com/ 13 November 2018)
USA: 44 dead in California fires as the Camp Fire becomes the deadliest in state history (Published by https://edition.cnn.com/ 13 November 2018)
USA: How Drones—and Their Young Handlers—Are Changing the Future of Firefighting (Published by https://www.popularmechanics.com/ 12 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Increased fire risk fear as African gamba grass invades northern Australia (Published by https://www.theguardian.com/) 12 November 2018
USA: Death Toll In California Wildfires Climbs To 44 (Published by http://www.nhpr.org/ 12 November 2018)
USA: Destructive California wildfires magnified by population and shifting climate (Published by https://www.cbsnews.com 11 November 2018)
USA: PG&E reports power line problem in Butte County near time and place where wildfire sparked (Published by https://www.sacbee.com/ 10 November 2018)
USA: California’s Woolsey Fire Now Burning Malibu Went Through The Site Of A Nuclear Meltdown First (Published by https://www.forbes.com/ 09 November 2018)
USA: Camp Fire devastates Paradise near Chico — businesses, church, numerous homes burn (Published by https://www.chron.com/ 09 November 2018)
ASUTRALIA: Could rewilding help prevent big wildfires? (Published by http://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/ 07 November 2018)
INDIA: After Kurangani forest fire, TN govt bans treks between Feb and April in state (Published by https://www.thenewsminute.com/ 07 October 2018)
INDONESIA: Congo Basin countries take a page out of Indonesia’s book on peatland management (Published by https://forestsnews.cifor.org/ 07 November 2018)
PORTUGAL: Portugal announces measures to avoid further forest fire tragedies (Published by http://theportugalnews.com/ 07 November 2018)
USA: Night Vision Goggles Bringing Wildfires Into Focus – Part 4 (Published by https://www.tracplus.com/ 07 November 2018)
INDONESIA: Is there a market-based solution to Southeast Asia’s haze problem? (Published by https://www.eco-business.com/ 07 November 2018)
USA: More Smaller Wildfires May Increase Water Resources In The West, Study Says (Published by http://www.upr.org/ 05 November 2018)
USA: California utility PG&E to spend $6 billion on wildfire safety (Published by https://www.reuters.com 05 September 2018)
EUROPEAN UNION: Instant solution helps fight forest fires (Published by https://cordis.europa.eu/ 05 November 2018)
USA: Mexican Entering Illegally Near Otay Mountain Starts Brush Fire as Signal (Published by https://timesofsandiego.com/ 04 November 2018)
SPAIN: SPAIN, 2050: Rising heat, more forest fires, less rain and animal extinction (Published by https://www.euroweeklynews.com/ 03 November 2018)
USA: Wildfires have memories (Published by https://wildfiretoday.com/ 03 November 2018)
USA: How Supercomputers Can Help Fix Our Wildfire Problem (Published by https://www.wired.com/ 29 November 2018)
USA: Communities Of Color Are Most Vulnerable To Wildfire: Study (Published by https://www.opb.org/ 02 November 2018)
USA: Power Customers in California File Claims in Pre-Emptive Wildfire Outage (Published by https://www.insurancejournal.com/ 02 November 2018)
AUSTRALIA: Stronger sentences for starting a bushfire (Published by https://www.miragenews.com/ 01 November 2018)
GLOBAL: New report outlines air pollution measures that can save millions of lives (Published by https://www.unenvironment.org/01 November 2018)
NEW GUINEA / INDONESIA: Increased Fire Activity in New Guinea (Published by https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/ 01 November 2018)
INDIA: As World’s Air Gets Worse, India Struggles to Breathe (Published by https://www.nytimes.com/ 01 November 2018)
USA: Proper Tactics to Use in the Wildland Urban Interface (Published by https://www.fireengineering.com/ 01 November 2018)
USA: What the West Can Learn from Florida About Forest Fires (Published by https://www.outsideonline.com/ 01 November 2018)
SOUTH AFRICA: Fire claims 1847 toll house at Montagu Pass, but this is not the end of the road (Published by https://www.news24.com/ 01 November 2018)

1. November 2018/by GFMCadmin