July (All News)

Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics

Cost of fighting B.C. forest fires already higher than all of last summer, with $206 million spent so far 30. July 2021
Italy battles hundreds of wildfires 29. July 2021
New app will tell Aussies how at-risk their house is of a bushfire 29. July 2021
Wildfire rages for 2nd day in Lebanon, spreads to Syria 29. July 2021
For FEMA head, trip to wildfire regions reaffirms drive to address climate change 29. July 2021
Spanish farmers fight forest fires with agroforestry (and many sheep) 29. July 2021
ECOSTRESS Data Incorporated Into New Wildfire Response Tool 29. July 2021
First on CNN: President Biden to meet with 7 governors Friday to discuss devastating wildfires 29. July 2021
Utah seeing fewer human caused wildfires despite extreme fire danger 28. July 2021
Portland Officials Fear the Largest Urban Forest in America Is a Wildfire Waiting to Happen 28. July 2021
Wildfires Are A Threat To Steamboat Springs’ Water Supply. Here’s How The City Is Getting Ready 28. July 2021
Wildfires have burned a combined area the size of Delaware and Rhode Island — and then some 28. July 2021
Good wildfire news? Evidence from the Bootleg Fire supports thinning forests. 27. July 2021
She died protecting California: ‘Breathing Fire’ tracks female inmate firefighters 27. July 2021
Volunteers pitch in to fight Russia’s raging forest fires 27. July 2021
Wildfires scorch Spain and cause ‘disaster without precedence’ in Sardinia 27. July 2021
Wildfires in Canada are creating their own weather systems, experts say 27. July 2021
Wildfire tears through forest near Athens, homes damaged 27. July 2021
BUSHFIRES, NOT PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNS, HAD BIGGEST IMPACT ON GLOBAL CLIMATE IN 2020 27. July 2021
Western Drought Highlights Need for Action to Reduce Wildfire Risk 26. July 2021
Canada’s massive wildfires are the result of decades of bad decisions. Time to make better decisions 26. July 2021
Scientists fear for wildlife in Ontario’s boreal forest as wildfires get more frequent and intense 25. July 2021
CDCR: Inmate walks away from firefighting camp in El Dorado County 25. July 2021
Wildfires west of Calgary add to veil of smoke blowing in from B.C. 24. July 2021
Why you can’t just blame climate change for B.C. being on fire 24. July 2021
Website helps public donate directly to Idaho wildland firefighters 24. July 2021
What’s Fueling Russia’s ‘Unprecedented’ Fires? 23. July 2021
Wildfire smoke drives people in low-vaccinated areas indoors, raising outbreak fears | Pine Journal 22. July 2021
Iowa student sent to fight western wildfires 22. July 2021
How the government can still forcibly conscript you to fight forest fires 22. July 2021
What’s in Wildfire Smoke? 22. July 2021
‘A Recipe for Catastrophic Fire’: How an Oregon Blaze Became the Nation’s Largest 22. July 2021
U.S. Senators Alex Padilla, Jeff Merkley, Colleagues Push to Include Support for National Guard Firefighting Efforts in Upcoming Funding Bill 21. July 2021
NFIC says firefighters consume more than 4k calories per day to battle wildfires 21. July 2021
Court: California Can Expand Insurance For Wildfire Areas 20. July 2021
Portugal: ‘What protects people from forest fires is land that generates income’ – PM 20. July 2021
Feds to send up to 120 Canadian Armed Forces to help Manitoba fight forest fires 20. July 2021
What can Canada learn from Australia about fighting wildfires? 20. July 2021
West U.S. wildfires are so extreme that they’re creating lightning, fire whirls 20. July 2021
National fire fighting resources have potential to be consumed 19. July 2021
Brazil government faces heat over plan that could underreport forest fires 19. July 2021
Russian planes seed clouds as raging wildfires near Siberian power plant 19. July 2021
Rain should clear Siberian wildfire haze hanging over Alaska 19. July 2021
Turkish airstrikes ignite Assyrian lands, villagers organize firefighting response 18. July 2021
Worsening wildfires renew interest in traditional Indigenous forest management 18. July 2021
80 large fires have consumed more than 1 million acres across western parts of the US 18. July 2021
Siberian wildfire smoke causes hazy skies in Southcentral Alaska 18. July 2021
How A Group Of Dedicated Volunteers Are Keeping California’s Wildfires At Bay 16. July 2021
Russian forest fires engulf over one mln hectares —- authorities 16. July 2021
New study finds wildfire smoke could increase COVID-19 risk 15. July 2021
This California firefighter has been on the job 25 years. He’s seen firsthand how wildfires have worsened 15. July 2021
How climate change and fires are shaping forests of future 14. July 2021
Lack of Federal Firefighters Hurts California Wildfire Response 14. July 2021
Wildfires Are Ravaging The West. Research Shows The People In Their Paths Vastly Underestimate The Risk 14. July 2021
US heatwave: Could US and Canada see the worst wildfires yet? 13. July 2021
Planes dump water on Siberian wildfires as residents plead for help 13. July 2021
Forest fire hazards extremely high this summer in Latvia 13. July 2021
Wildfires blazing out of control in Manitoba and other provinces 13. July 2021
Zimbabwe to Fight Forest Fires with Vehicles Delivered by AFTRADE DMCC 12. July 2021
Becoming a wildland firefighter takes work 12. July 2021
Russia sweats in fatal heatwave as forest fires rage in Chelyabinsk 12. July 2021
Raging Oregon Wildfire Threatens California’s Already Beleaguered Power Grid 10. July 2021
Heat, wind spur California fire; evacuation hits Nevada area 9. July 2021
Another heat wave is set to scorch the Southwest again this weekend, elevating wildfire concerns 8. July 2021
AIR QUALITY ALERT ISSUED IN YELLOWSTONE, NW WYOMING DUE TO WILDFIRE SMOKE 8. July 2021
Governor, Lawmakers Add $500 Million to Wildfire Prevention Budget, Following CapRadio, NPR California Newsroom Investigation 8. July 2021
Local leaders learn to have the tough climate change conversations 6. July 2021
Skip the fireworks this record-dry 4th of July, over 150 wildfire scientists urge the US West 4. July 2021
Wildfire threats force western cities to ban Fourth of July fireworks 4. July 2021
Federal firefighters deserve better pay 4. July 2021
Vancouver firefighters warn of high urban fire dangers 3. July 2021
Record temperatures in Canada create dangerous clouds of fire 3. July 2021
Worst June for Brazil Amazon forest fires since 2007: data 2. July 2021
Improved Algorithms Help Scientists Monitor Wildfires from Space 2. July 2021
Exceptional Drought Conditions Enhance Wildfire Risk for Western US and Canada 2. July 2021
‘It’s outrageous.’ Early-season cost to fight wildfires has Utah leaders worried 2. July 2021
The Deadly Heat Wave Is Triggering Dozens Of Wildfires In Western Canada 1. July 2021
More Bushfire Royal Commission recommendations implemented 1. July 2021
As Wildfires Get Worse, So Are Firefighter Shortages. Climate Change And Low Pay Aren’t Helping 1. July 2021
After Deadly Wildfires, PG&E’s Bankruptcy Promises Falling Flat 1. July 2021

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