DECEMBER (ALL NEWS)

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

December 2018

• USA: Criminal charges against PG&E possible if utility is found responsible for recent wildfires, prosecutors say (Published by https://www.latimes.com/ 30 December 2018)
• USA: Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap (Published by https://www.latimes.com/ 30 December 2018)
• USA: Climate Change Refugees Share Stories Of Escaping Wildfires, Floods, and Droughts (Published by https://theintercept.com/ 29 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: UPDATE: Wilderness bushfires merge into 1500 hectare blaze (Published by https://www.theadvocate.com.au/ 29 December 2018)
• USA: Governor commits $1 million to put out underground fire
• AUSTRALIA: What a century of bushfire data teaches us about how to save lives this summer (Published by https://www.abc.net.au/ 27 December 2018)
• USA: For wildfire survivors, mental health can be a struggle (Published by https://www.sacbee.com/ 27 December 2018)
• USA: CAL FIRE Denied Access to Private Firefighting Crews Sent by Insurance Companies (Published by http://www.malibutimes.com/ 27 December 2018)
• USA: Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance (Published by https://phys.org/news/ 26 December 2018)
• GHANA: Upper West: Bushfires poses a great danger to food security (Published by https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ 25 December 2018)
• USA: Wildfires help stabilize Boulder County’s bighorn sheep populations (Published by http://www.timescall.com/ 24 December 2018)
• UK: The huge cost of battling North Wales summer wildfires is revealed (Published by https://www.dailypost.co.uk/ 23 December 2018)
• USA: Fire emerges as ally in the fight to save Louisiana’s marsh (Published by https://www.newsobserver.com/ 23 December 2018)
• USA: Making US fire departments more diverse and inclusive (Published by https://www.frimedia.org/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: White House Orders Up More Logging To Combat Wildfires (Published by https://www.huffingtonpost.com.mx/ 21 December 2018)
• PERU: Peru passes forest fire prevention plan as the disaster threat increases (Published by https://perureports.com/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: Fire air pollution weakens forest productivity (Published by https://www.eurekalert.org/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: Pollutants from wildfires affect crop and vegetation growth hundreds of kilometers from impact zone (Published by https://phys.org/news/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: When it comes to California wildfires, topography is key (Published by https://www.fs.usda.gov/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: Natural disasters set records around the world in 2018. These were some of the worst (Published by https://www.frimedia.org/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: PG&E broke laws in 12 NorCal wildfires, Cal Fire found. Prosecutors may not file charges (Published by https://www.sacbee.com/ 21 December 2018)
• USA: Wildfire victims sue insurer for ‘woefully’ underinsuring them (Published by https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ 20 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Goonoo National Park fire triggers watch and act alert near Mendooran (Published by https://www.mudgeeguardian.com.au/ 20 December 2018)
• SWEDEN: Risks of ‘domino effect’ of tipping points greater than thought, study says (Published by https://www.theguardian.com/ 20 December 2018)
• EUROPE: Wildfire management focus of OSCE organized workshop for South-East Europe (Published by https://www.osce.org/ 19 December 2018)
• USA/ETHIOPIAFollowing Capacity Building from U.S. Forest Service, Addis Ababa Fire Fighters Share Experience and Expertise with Hawassa Industrial Park (Published by http://www.africanews.com/ 19 December 2018)
• FINLAND: New nanosatellite imaging technology to revolutionise climate change management 19 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: More extreme bush fire seasons that rage for longer — the horror warning we shouldn’t ignore (Published by https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ 19 December 2018)
• USA: GOES-16: A game-changer for fighting deadly wildfires (Published by https://yubanet.com/ 18 December 2018)
• USA: Using Community Base Maps to Improve the Safety and Effectiveness of Wildfire Response (Published by https://fireadaptednetwork.org/ 18 December 2018)
• USA: California Knew the Carr Wildfire Could Happen. It Failed to Prevent it. (Published by https://www.propublica.org/ 18 December 2018)
• USA: A million California buildings face wildfire risk. ‘Extraordinary steps’ are needed to protect them (Published by https://www.latimes.com/ 18 December 2018)INDONESIA: Peatlands: An appetite to re-wet? (Published by https://forestsnews.cifor.org/ 18 December 2018)
• CNMI/US: ‘Wildland fire was DFEMS’ main challenge’ (Published by https://gfmc.online/ 17 December 2018)
• USA: Climate and vegetation shape wildfire risk in Hawai’i (Published by https://phys.org/ 16 December 2018)
• EUROPE: Climate’s tree solution is catching fire (Published by https://www.politico.eu/ 16 December 2018)
• UK: Fire services count costs of Wales’ summer wildfires (Published by https://www.bbc.com/ 15 December 2018)
• GREECE: Greece wildfire toll now 100 as man dies months later (Published by https://abcnews.go.com 15 December 2018)
• INDONESIA: President Jokowi highlights efforts to overcome smoke haze (15 December 2018)
• USA: Report rips expensive decisions in California wildfire fight (Published by http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/ 15 December 2018)
• USA: Utility company proposes $2B hike to electric bills, with half going toward wildfire safety (Published by https://fox6now.com/ 14 December 2018)
• INDIA: After Aarey Colony blaze, forest minister wants to draw ‘fire line’ around Sanjay Gandhi National Park (Published by https://www.hindustantimes.com/ 14 December 2018)
• USA: ‘Unprecedented’ evacuations in Ventura County wildfires prompt new fix to alert system (Published by https://www.vcstar.com/ 14 December 2018)
• USA: Study examines deadly California ‘Firenado’ (Published by https://www.frimedia.org/ 14 December 2018)
• INDONESIA: Haze unlikely in 2019 despite developing El Nino: Indonesian official (Published by https://www.straitstimes.com/ 14 December 2018)
• TRINIDAD Y TOBAGO: Fines for illegal fires to increase to $20,000 (Published by http://www.looptt.com/ 13 December 2018)
• USA: Many victims of California’s worst wildfire were elderly and died in or near their homes, new data show (Published by https://www.latimes.com 13 December 2018)
• USA: Wildfires may soon be uninsurable risks for homeowners (Published by https://www.cbsnews.com/ 13 December 2018)
• USA: Los Angeles just green-lighted a development on land that’s 8 times the size of San Francisco, and scientists are warning it’s in wildfire territory (Published by https://www.businessinsider.de/ 13 December 2018)
• UK: Global warming should be called global heating, says key scientist (Published by https://www.theguardian.com/ 13 December 2018)
• USA: What’s the best way to evacuate Los Angeles? (Published by https://la.curbed.com/ 13 December 2018)
• USA: Are feds over-fighting fires? Critics point to this blaze (Published by https://www.eenews.net/ 13 December 2018)
• USA: ‘Living under a time bomb’ (Published by https://www.washingtonpost.com/ 12 December 2018)
• EU: rescEU: Commission welcomes provisional agreement to strengthen EU civil protection* (Published by http://europa.eu/ 12 December 2018)
• USA: Fire’s effects on soil moisture, runoff (Published by https://www.sciencedaily.com/ 12 December 2018)
• USA: Smoke, Wind Hindered Aircraft Fighting Camp Fire, Officials Say (Published by http://www.capradio.org/ 11 December 2018)
• USA: Wildfire cleanup for 3 state fires estimated at $3 billion (Published by http://www.ktvu.com/ 11 December 2018)
• USA: Official: California must mull home ban in fire-prone areas (Published by https://www.wric.com/ 11 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Prescribed burns fall but fires soar across South West (Published by https://thewest.com.au/ 10 December 2018)
• USA: CAT bonds could be key to paying for wildfire losses (Published by https://www.marketplace.org/ 10 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Inside the mind of an arsonist (Published by https://www.abc.net.au/ 10 December 2018)
• USA: The Scanner: California firefighters forced to shift training after each new wildfire (Published by https://www.sfchronicle.com/ 10 December 2018)
• USA: As scary as it is, that’s our job’: Prepping journalists for California’s next wildfire (Published by https://www.cjr.org/ 10 December 2018)
• PERU: La Libertad: report forest fire in archaeological site of Huasochugo (Published by https://elcomercio.pe/ 05 December 2018)
• USA: California’s latest destructive wildfires dim the future of its people and businesses (Published by https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ 05 December 2018)
• USA: Using LRAD to alert for fire emergencies (Published by http://www.ktvu.com/ 05 December 2018)
• USA: Deadly California wildfire bankrupts insurance company (Published by http://www.live5news.com/ 05 December 2018)
• USA: Wildfire ash can bind to, trap mercury (Published by https://www.upi.com/ 05 December 2018)
• RUSSIA: Wildfire in Russia are like a horror movie (Published by https://www.greenpeace.org/  05 December 2018)
• USA: Wildland fire research and impacts on nut orchards (Published by https://www.westernfarmpress.com/ 05 December 2018)
• CHILE: Man dies in Collipulli: carried out agricultural burning that became forest fire (Published by https://www.biobiochile.cl/ 05 December 2018)
• USA: Structure Losses in Malibu Wildfire Topped $1.6 Billion: Report (Published by https://www.nbcsandiego.com/ 04 December 2018)
• USA: Fire insurance getting harder to find (Published by https://www.mtdemocrat.com/ 04 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: From rainforest to cinders: National park may take ‘hundreds of years’ to recover from bushfire disaster (Published by https://www.abc.net.au/ 04 December 2018)
• COLOMBIA: Colombia tropical forest fires spike after 2016 Peace Accords (Published by https://www.eurekalert.org/ 04 December 2018)
• INDIA: Massive fire in Mumbai forest (Published by http://www.theweekendleader.com/ 03 December 2018)
• USA: After a California Wildfire, New and Old Homeless Populations Collide (Published by https://www.wral.com/ 03 December 2018)
• TURKEY: 3 thousand forest fire caused by neglect and carelessness (Published by http://www.hurriyet.com.tr/ 03 December 2018)
• USA: Golden State of paranoia: Internet conspiracies link wildfires to takeover schemes (Published by https://www.mercurynews.com/ 03 December 2018)
• WORLD: This New NASA Mission Will Create an Unprecedented, 3D Map of Earth’s Forests (Published by https://earther.gizmodo.com/ 03 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Bushfires in the tropics: Queensland faces terrifying new reality (Published by https://www.theguardian.com/ 03 December 2018)
• ISRAEL: Comptroller: Israel is not prepared for major fire disaster (Published by https://www.jpost.com/ 03 December 2018)
• USA: Imagery and Artificial Intelligence in Wildfire Risk (Published by https://www.insurancejournal.com/ 03 November 2018)
• USA: California is managing its forests — but is the president managing its federal lands? (Published by https://www.nbcnews.com/ 02 December 2018)
• USA: Rebuild Paradise? Since 1999, 13 large wildfires burned in the footprint of the Camp Fire (Published by https://www.chicoer.com/ 02 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Bushfire at Burrinjuck Nature Reserve ‘contained’ (Published by https://www.yasstribune.com.au/ 02 December 2018)
• AUSTRALIA: Man dies in Australia bush fire, as Queensland evacuations continue (Published by https://www.scmp.com/ 01 December 2018)
• USA: Report: Evacuation Delay May Have Cost Dozens of Lives in Northern California Fire (Published by https://www.thedailybeast.com/ 01 December 2018)
• USA: PG&E fighting for its future amid complex web of legal, regulatory challenges (Published by https://www.sfchronicle.com/ 01 December 2018)