August (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Air Force special operators go from firefights to firefighting in California 31. August 2021
Past Lassen Volcanic Fuels Reduction Projects Helps Firefighters on the Dixie Fire 31. August 2021
Government approves Jerusalem wildfire aid and rehab plan 30. August 2021
Firefighting methods to be overhauled 30. August 2021
Greece’s deadly wildfires were sparked by 30 years of political failure 29. August 2021
Depoliticising Southeast Asia’s forest fire pollution 22. August 2021
Turkey: Crackdown on critical journalists intensified during wildfire crisis 21. August 2021
Every two days, US wildfires are consuming an area the size of Washington, DC. And there’s no let up in sight 21. August 2021
Fire and forest scientists write letter voicing concerns over new U.S. Forest Service directives 18. August 2021
Wildfires Used to Be Helpful. How Did They Get So Hellish? 18. August 2021
Israel closed its forest fire prediction system in 2017 18. August 2021
Judge orders utility PG&E to explain role in start of Dixie Fire that’s tearing through California 17. August 2021
Palestinian firefighters help to battle Jerusalem-area blaze 17. August 2021
France And Portugal Hit By Wildfires As Parts Of Europe Endure Scorching Hea 17. August 2021
Russia’s 2021 Wildfires Now Largest in Its Recorded History 17. August 2021
Year-round forest management helps prevent catastrophic fires 17. August 2021
Wildfires could affect Newsom recall 17. August 2021
Decades-long drought inspires new firefighting strategies 17. August 2021
Raging wildfires linked to thousands of COVID-19 cases and hundreds of deaths in 2020, study says 17. August 2021
Study: Fire in wet area of the Amazon destroys 27% of trees in up to three years 17. August 2021
Morocco fights forest fires as situation in Algeria brought ‘under control’ 16. August 2021
Pentagon asked to renew wildfire monitoring program California firefighters now rely on 16. August 2021
Climate change is only one driver of explosive wildfire seasons — don’t forget land management 14. August 2021
Italy arrests two Sicilian sheep farmers for lighting wildfires 14. August 2021
UN’s ‘code red’ climate warning a burning issue for Australia’s fire risk 14. August 2021
Russia’s Putin urges stronger response to Siberian wildfires 14. August 2021
Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires 13. August 2021
Firefighters accuse those who downplay threat of climate change of being ‘criminally complacent’ 13. August 2021
Community engagement, collaboration needed to anticipate peatland fires in Kalimantan 13. August 2021
Greek wildfires: New blaze breaks out on Evia island 13. August 2021
Forest Service maxed out as wildfires break across US West 13. August 2021
Mega-blazes put spotlight on Europe’s firefighting tactics 13. August 2021
Algeria orders probe into mob killing linked to wildfires 13. August 2021
Greek wildfires a major ecological catastrophe, PM says 12. August 2021
Fox Valley Technical College offers the only Wildland Firefighter program in Wisconsin 12. August 2021
Wildfire smoke in Siberia causes ‘stay at home’ instruction 12. August 2021
Putin Orders to Beef Up Siberian Firefighting Teams 11. August 2021
Wildfire smoke may lead to less rain in the western US 11. August 2021
Could the Infrastructure Bill Make Wildfires Worse? 11. August 2021
Wildland firefighters could get $20,000 raise from infrastructure bill 11. August 2021
More boots on the ground? 11. August 2021
Wildfires Ravage Firefighters’ Long-Term Physical, Mental Health 11. August 2021
Greek wildfires: Multinational force works to tame flare-ups 11. August 2021
Small towns need big focus on resilience 10. August 2021
Many Turks say the government didn’t stop the wildfires quickly enough. Here’s the story. 10. August 2021
Wildfires rage across the world as U.N. releases damning climate change report 10. August 2021
Op-Ed: To turn back Dixie fire and others in California, raise pay for federal firefighters 9. August 2021
‘Good’ Fires Can Help Slow Wildfires, But The Forest Service Is Too Busy To Use Them 9. August 2021
Greek fires force beach rescue, approach Olympics birthplace 8. August 2021
More than 250 major fires detected in the Amazon this year, despite Brazil’s ban 8. August 2021
Physical and mental fatigue ‘compounding’ for overworked and underpaid wildland firefighters in Washington 8. August 2021
Oregon wildfire turns preserve into living lab, testing years of forest management 8. August 2021
Greek President and Prime Minister thank countries helping Greece in firefighting efforts 8. August 2021
Indigenous peoples must be heard above the roar of Canada’s forest fires 8. August 2021
Forest fires in Bolivia consume vast area: official 7. August 2021
Turkey’s deadly fires raise the heat for Erdogan 7. August 2021
Greece wildfires: PM describes ‘nightmarish summer’ 7. August 2021
Aerial Images Lay Bare Wildfire Damage In The U.S. And Europe—Officials Warn Climate Crisis Will Only Make Things Worse 6. August 2021
How extreme fire weather can cool the planet 6. August 2021
FirstNet – Helping Firefighters Face Historic Wildfire Season Amid Pandemic 6. August 2021
‘Heat dome’ to ‘mega-blaze’: Extreme weather terms on the rise 6. August 2021
‘Feeling It In My Lungs’: Wildfire Smoke Chokes Northern California 6. August 2021
Last month was worst July for wildfires on record, say scientists 6. August 2021
Disrupting the wildfire ecosystem to solve our nation’s battle with fire 5. August 2021
Siberia Feels the Brunt of Climate Change as Wildfires Rage 5. August 2021
Climate Change Disaster Response Is the Military’s New Forever War 5. August 2021
Tracking wildfire smoke, U. researchers discover way to predict impact on humans 5. August 2021
Data raises concerns as Brazil’s forest fire season begins 5. August 2021
Feds to Wildland Firefighters: Stop ‘Let It Burn’ Strategy 4. August 2021
Wildfires threaten California communities on new financial front 4. August 2021
Russian Wildfire Smog Turns Northern Siberian Day to Night 3. August 2021
Public Sector Informant: Precious natural assets need protection from bushfire disaster 3. August 2021
Smokejumpers: Federal firefighting forces hampered by low wages 3. August 2021
Back-And-Forth On Dixie Fire Progress Frustrating For Firefighters And Evacuees 3. August 2021
Dozens of flights cancelled due to no-fly zone over B.C. wildfire 3. August 2021
Friends, allies provide Turkey air support in fight against fires 3. August 2021
Progress made, but Western wildfires bring poor air quality across US; record fire burns amid drought in Hawaii 3. August 2021
Turkish opposition mayors say ready to take over maintenance of air tankers to fight wildfires 3. August 2021
Athens suburbs brace for night inferno as blaze burns homes 3. August 2021
Biden: A Discussion On Wildfires 2. August 2021
Smoke From Siberian Wildfires Has Reached the North Pole 2. August 2021
Minister blames municipalities for insufficient response to forest fires 2. August 2021
How extensive were the adverse health effects of bushfire smoke in the summer of 2019/20? 2. August 2021
California says federal ‘let it burn’ policy reckless as wildfires rage 1. August 2021
Researchers paint bleak picture of forest fires beyond 2030 1. August 2021