The next front in the wildfire wars

THE FIRE NEXT TIME: A year after the Los Angeles fires laid bare failures in how California pays for wildfire damage, ...
Daily Energy Insider

NARUC releases newest chapters for Wildfire Workbook

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Jan. 22 released the latest and final chapters of its Wildfire Workbook, completing the interactive resource for regulators, ...

WA insurance commissioner pushes bills for wildfire mitigation, disclose wildfire risk scores

Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer heard similar stories from homeowners as she traveled the state.
Los Angeles Times

Wildfire Survivors Still Face a Slow and Uncertain Return Home Months After the Fires

When Marianne Wisner first returned to her Pacific Palisades home after the Palisades fire, she was happy to see her house still standing, but it still had damage that made it clear the fire hadn’t ...
Forbes

Neutralize Wildfire Threats - Before They Become Wild or Fires

Wildfire disaster are expensive, and they keep happening. The cost of human life, property and the environment is catastrophic. In February 2024, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle ...
Healio

Wildfire smoke exposure during the final months of pregnancy may raise autism risk

Exposure to wildfire smoke during the final months of pregnancy may raise the risk for autism in infants by up to 23%, a ...
Los Angeles Times

The state’s wildfire policy long overlooked SoCal. Now it’s course correcting

At last month’s meeting of the California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force in Redlands, Director Patrick Wright remembered the group’s early days: “Candidly, when I started this job, we got ...
The New York Times

Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds

Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters. Source: Nature Note: Midcentury projection uses a moderate warming ...
The Conversation

Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University Mojtaba Sadegh receives funding from the US ...