August (All News)
Recent Media Highlights on Fire, Policies, and Politics
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Indigenous activists brace for worsening wildfires under climate change 31. August 2020Wildfire Suppression Efforts Have Gotten More Aggressive, But Is There An Ecological Cost? 31. August 2020Smoke from wildfire blackens prehistoric Greek city walls 31. August 2020Australia faces ‘cascading’ natural disasters: bushfire royal commission 31. August 2020Arctic wildfires emit 35% more CO2 so far in 2020 than for whole of 2019 31. August 2020Survey to track impact of COVID-19 and bushfires on new mums and babies 30. August 2020Wildfire funding bill dies in California Legislature 30. August 2020Federal firefighter units juggle COVID-19 infection on fire lines 29. August 2020Wildfire spotting goes high tech: Can Silicon Valley save Northern California? 29. August 2020
Forest fires from Space: Looking at lockdown in India 18. August 2020Gov. Brown, forestry officials address Oregon wildfire danger in the coming days 17. August 2020Announcement: launch of a quick risk estimation tool to help small businesses understand their risk 17. August 2020Amazon fires trap farmers into poverty – and into setting more fires 17. August 2020Wildfire Season Is Off To A Roaring Start In California And Colorado 16. August 2020August’s fires in the Amazon are at their highest levels in a decade 15. August 2020Forest fire hazard reported to be high to extreme throughout northwest region 15. August 2020‘Game changing’ rainfall holds back Red Lake, Ont. forest fire 15. August 2020Federal Government rejected aerial fire fighting requests ahead of bushfires ‘due to other priorities’ 14. August 2020When Wildfire Smoke Meets Coronavirus, It’s A ‘Real Public Health Issue’ For Colorado 14. August 2020
Record Arctic blazes may herald new ‘fire regime’ decades sooner than anticipated 14. August 2020Millions Of Older Californians Live Where Wildfire Threatens. Mostly, They’re On Their Own 14. August 2020Wildfire expert says there are solutions; it’s not all ‘doom and gloom’ 14. August 2020Fires in Miri causing hazy conditions 14. August 2020Upper Sûre Lake: Forest fire breaks out again 14. August 2020California Teaming Up With Native American Tribes To Prevent Wildfires 13. August 2020Fewer forest fires, hot spots likely this year due to wetter weather, Covid-19 curbs: Indonesia’s disaster management chief 13. August 2020July was the hottest month on record, fueling Arizona wildfires 13. August 2020Wildfires burn 6 mln hectares of Russian forest this year 13. August 2020The women battling wildfires and breaking barriers in the American wilderness 13. August 2020
AlSat-1B is helping Algeria to Monitor Forest Fires 13. August 2020Haze from Siberian wildfires filtering into Western Washington 12. August 2020Firefighters warn of wildfires through October in statewide drought 12. August 2020How VR helps train teams to battle wildfires 12. August 2020Bushfire scientists call for Australia to set up national fire monitoring agency 12. August 2020Gaza’s arson balloons spark 60 brush fires in southern Israel 12. August 2020Broadcasters hit out at radio silence during fire crisis 12. August 2020Berlin: Fire Department Busy Due to Heatwave 12. August 2020South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts 11. August 2020Green tape frustrating bushfire-ravaged communities likely to be scrapped 11. August 2020
Drier than the Sahara: heatwave fans fire risk for French farmers 10. August 2020Underground bunker demand increases following coronavirus, bushfires in Australia 10. August 2020Forest fire hazard reported to be high to extreme throughout northwest region 10. August 2020Inmate fire team carries out mitigation projects in Snowmass for the last time 10. August 2020Could A Phone App Help Prevent California Wildfires? 10. August 2020Cultural burning more than just fire for Indigenous rangers 10. August 2020MNRF reports 12 new forest fires in the Northwest 10. August 2020NSW needs 1,000 new firefighting workers to avoid another Black Summer 10. August 2020Forest Fire in Bulgarian Region of Svilengrad Continues, State of Emergency Is Extended – Novinite.com – Sofia News Agency 10. August 2020How We Analyzed Where Older Californians Are At Increased Risk For Wildfire 10. August 2020
Islamic State video urges new recruits to light bushfires in Australia 7. August 2020The Native American tribe on the front lines of Southern California’s Apple Fire 7. August 2020DEQ and DPHHS highlight wildfire air quality concerns in the midst of a pandemic 7. August 2020Fires are raging in the Amazon, despite a Brazil government ban. The destruction could be worse than last summer 7. August 2020Pandemic and bushfires are testament to critical role of indoor air quality 7. August 2020Incendiary balloons may spell end of quiet on Israel-Hamas border 7. August 2020Malaysia walks away from law to tackle firms over forest fires 7. August 2020Another Intense Summer of Fires in Siberia 6. August 2020Bushfires: Head of Emergency Management Australia calls for domestic firefighting foam production 6. August 2020Heavy precipitation gives way to fire danger 6. August 2020
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein Introduces the Emergency Wildfire and Public Safety Act – Will Help Protect Communities from Catastrophic Wildfires 6. August 2020COVID-19 Lockdown Reduces Forest Fires in the Western Himalayas 5. August 2020Red Cross looking for volunteers for hurricane and wildfire season 5. August 2020Public Health Strategies to Reduce Exposure to Wildfire Smoke during the COVID-19 Pandemic 5. August 2020Albanian Forest Fires Started to Make Way for Construction Say Senior Officials 5. August 2020Don’t Downplay the Role of Indigenous People in Molding the Ecological Landscape 5. August 2020Firefighters’ other enemy at the Apple fire: Coronavirus 5. August 2020Russia firefighters battling to contain wildfires after heatwave 5. August 2020Costs of firefighting, prevention grow as Montana’s wildfire season ramps up 5. August 2020Forest Fires Rage Across Albania as Temperatures Continue to Rise 4. August 2020
Indonesia steps up law enforcement to protect forests as drought threatens 4. August 2020Wildfire Season Is Projected to Be Bad This Year. Here’s How to Prepare 4. August 2020Epidemic model shows how COVID-19 could spread through firefighting camps 4. August 20201st big Southern California wildfire of 2020 keeps on raging 3. August 2020Peat fires, like those raging in Siberia, will become more common in Canada 3. August 2020Firefighters, troops battle forest fire outside Madrid 3. August 2020Wildfires can poison drinking water: Here’s how communities can be better prepared 3. August 2020A weekend of fires guts forests in western Turkish cities of Manisa and Izmir 3. August 2020Space-age approach to natural disasters urged, with use of apps and drones 3. August 2020Algeria says to investigate actions targeting stability 3. August 2020
First coronavirus, now this: Bushfire season has ALREADY started in New South Wales after 5.5 million hectares burned in devastating Black Summer 1. August 2020Preparation a priority as this year’s bushfire season officially starts 1. August 2020Royal commission into Australia’s bushfires promotes greater use of the military 1. August 2020NSW firefighter blasts bushfire authorities over ‘terrible’ leadership, communication 1. August 2020
