DECEMBER 2021
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
December 2021
‘I thought I was broken’: when wildland firefighters head home, trauma takes hold 31. December 2021CA’s ‘New Normal’: Wildfires Char 3.1M Acres In State 31. December 2021Are radioactive wildfires next on California’s apocalyptic climate-change guest list? 31. December 2021California continues to face wildfire risks. Insurers think they have an answer. 30. December 2021Restore Burned-Out Peatlands, ‘Save Billions Of Dollars’ 27. December 2021Whistleblower sounds bushfire alarm 23. December 2021Extensive damage and fossil fuels from Australia’s black summer bushfires 23. December 2021Kaimaumau fire labelled an ecological ‘catastrophic disaster’ for near-extinct species 23. December 2021Black summer bushfires’ damage could take 20 years to recover: paper 23. December 2021Governor Abbott, TDEM Ready Resources Ahead Of Elevated Wildfire Conditions Across Texas 22. December 2021Kansas National Guard to support wildfire suppression efforts 21. December 2021Supplies for Kansas farmers, ranchers desperately needed week after windswept wildfires 21. December 2021Wildfire survivors face another threat: PTSD 21. December 2021Supplies for Kansas farmers, ranchers desperately needed week after windswept wildfires 21. December 2021Devastating Black Summer bushfires had lasting impact on Australia’s carbon cycle 21. December 2021Whistleblower sounds bushfire alarm 21. December 2021Deadly heat dome in US to wildfires across Europe, extreme climate events of 2021 20. December 2021Black Summer bushfires led to ‘huge health burden’, researchers say 20. December 2021Black Summer Bushfire Season Cost Farmers Up To $5 Billion 20. December 2021After years of delays, CalFire says updated and expanded wildfire hazard maps are on their way 20. December 2021After a dry November, incipient drought declared in 34 SC counties due to wildfire threat 19. December 2021Mapping system to aid bushfire control 19. December 2021Australia’s Unique Wildlife On Kangaroo Island Bouncing Back After 2020 Bushfires 19. December 2021How melting sea ice increases wildfire risk in the Northwest 19. December 2021Students pursue wildland firefighting credentials in ‘unique’ BC3 program 18. December 2021Feinstein Cheers Extension of Critical Federal Wildfire Detection, Tracking Tool in Defense Bill 18. December 2021Pelosi, Thompson, Huffman tout wildfire prevention funding in Santa Rosa’s Coffey Park neighborhood 18. December 2021Fewer volunteer firefighters answering the call 18. December 20212021 was a game-changing year for trees 17. December 2021United Nations Confirms Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic 17. December 2021Study: Western state budgets hit hard from wildfire costs 17. December 2021Western Power pours millions into bushfire preparation 17. December 2021Departments
of the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security Jointly Establish
New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission 17. December 2021Departments
of the Interior, Agriculture and Homeland Security Jointly Establish
New Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission 17. December 2021United Nations Confirms Hottest Temperature Ever Recorded in the Arctic 17. December 20212019 fires in Indonesia were twice as bad as the government claimed, study shows 16. December 2021The Mysterious End of CN’s Wildfire Cost-Sharing Agreement with BC 16. December 2021California utility faces $550M in penalties for 5 wildfires 16. December 2021The future of habitat restoration: the Atlantic Forest way 15. December 2021Feinstein Cheers Extension of Critical Federal Wildfire Detection, Tracking Tool in Defense Bill 15. December 2021Australia’s GTFA using German satellite to detect bushfires 15. December 2021Much of Oklahoma at increased risk of wildfires 14. December 2021Smoke, heat and stress: A snapshot from Southern California of life in an altered climate 14. December 2021Copious rains minimise threat of summer fires in Bandipur 13. December 2021Fire Department Unveils First-Ever Wildfire Evacuation Plan for West Pasadena’s Arroyo Area San Rafael Hills 13. December 2021Black Summer bushfire season cost farmers up to $5 billion 13. December 2021Natural infrastructure projects reduce wildfire losses: Marsh McLennon 13. December 2021World-first bushfire hazard detection system aiming to save lives, property and environment 11. December 2021Wildfire insurance crisis hits ever harder | Thomas Elias 10. December 2021Forestry department employees protest understaffing (updated) 10. December 2021Australia fights bushfires in west, floods in east 10. December 2021World’s coldest regions have been on fire in 2021, even in winter: Copernicus 10. December 2021Blank map of Australia reveals ‘remarkable’ turnaround 9. December 2021After the wildfire: Vienna starts reforestation of the Schneeberg-Rax 9. December 2021Making a fire safely in Portugal 8. December 2021Russian ‘zombie wildfires’ rage and ‘come back to life’ despite -60C temperatures 8. December 2021States Receive More Than Rs 47,000 Crore To Expand Forest Cover 8. December 2021After long delay, California lawmakers hold wildfire oversight hearing 7. December 2021Wildfires in 2021 Spewed CO₂ Equal to Half of EU’s Annual Emissions 7. December 2021Feinstein to EPA: Revise RFS Biomass Sources to Include Trees, Vegetation Removed During Wildfire Mitigation Efforts 7. December 2021Christmas trees burned by the heat, dwindling the supply 6. December 2021How one Forest had 120 fires in the last two years but only burned a total of 70 acres 6. December 2021IAG’s Australian Property Repair Costs Climb on Bushfires, Supply Issues 6. December 2021Invasive grasses are taking over the American West’s sea of sagebrush 6. December 2021Democrats eye mas‘Just sitting there dead’: study finds mass tree losses in NSW after severe drought 4. December 2021Volunteer Firefighters Share the Impact the Black Summer Bushfires Had on Their Mental Health 4. December 2021Emergency Services Minister Reece Whitby warns West Australians to brace for horror bushfire season 4. December 2021A rare winter wildfire is a sign of climate change lengthening fire season 4. December 2021Ordinance proposed to improve wildfire evacuation times 3. December 2021Ventura County firefighters equipped with app to help with evacuations in the event of major fire 3. December 2021Why haven’t vacancies in states been filled? Parliament panel pulls up govt on forest fires 3. December 2021Changing Causes And Impacts Of Unwanted Fires In Our Forest And Rural Landscapes 3. December 2021A peatland restoration project in Indonesia could set a global example 3. December 2021- Mas
sive shift in war on wildfires: Prevention 6. December 2021 Infrastructure law gives burned out wildland firefighters a boost 3. December 2021Forestry commission begins sensitization against perennial bushfires 3. December 2021Thailand and ASEAN tackle transboundary haze pollution 3. December 2021University
Of Essex Supported By Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF To Deploy
Artificial Intelligence (AI) And Analytics Solutions To Fight Forest
Fire Risks In Uttarakhand 2. December 202114 Insurers Pressing Lawsuit vs. Park Service After Gatlinburg Wildfires 2. December 2021Monitor Report Faults PG&E’s ‘Inadequate’ Wildfire Efforts 2. December 2021Assessing costs of Indonesian fires and the benefits of restoring peatland 2. December 2021The Twitter Wildfire Watcher Who Tracks California’s Blazes 2. December 2021Refugees fight fires to preserve Mauritania’s environment 1. December 2021Cal Fire Forest Clear-Cutting Meeting Results in Hostility 1. December 2021ASIC calls on insurers to learn from ‘Black Summer’ bushfires 1. December 2021Can the Colorado Climate Corps Help Prevent Devastating Wildfires? 1. December 2021
