California wildfire smoke exposure during pregnancy may be linked to autism risk in children

Pregnant women's exposure to wildfire smoke — particularly in the third trimester — may increase the risk of autism in their ...
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 ...
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 ...
Los Angeles Times

Electric customers to pay $9 billion more to state wildfire fund under proposed bill

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California electric customers face paying $9 billion more to replenish the state wildfire fund under legislation ...
Los Angeles Times

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The ...
The New York Times

Costly and Deadly Wildfires Really Are on the Rise, New Research Finds

The past decade in particular has seen an uptick in devastating blazes linked to climate change, according to the study. By Rebecca Dzombak The Los Angeles fires in January. Blazes in Canada in 2024.
NPR

This community is getting a disaster makeover. Insurance bills are still rising

In the rolling hills of Lake County, Calif., residents in Kelseyville are getting home makeovers. The improvements aren't eye-catching: new gutters on the roof, gravel around the exterior walls and ...
The Denver Post

Colorado wildfires: Oak fire forces evacuations, threatens 2,000 homes in Pagosa Springs

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than half a dozen wildfires continued to burn across Colorado Monday morning, including a new fire that sparked in Pagosa Springs. AUG. 12 UPDATE: ...
CBS News

Pack Fire explodes in Mono County, California, forcing evacuations as storm threatens mudslides in the south

Carter Evans has served as a Los Angeles-based correspondent for CBS News since February 2013, reporting across all of the network's platforms. He joined CBS News with nearly 20 years of journalism ...
ProPublica

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every ...