5 Reasons Why The Los Angeles Wildfires Are The Start Of A New Normal
Historically, fire-prone periods in the LA region were seasonal, peaking in late summer and early fall. Now risks are all ...
California infernos in January? Here’s why wildfire season keeps getting longer and more devastating
As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual ...
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Oregon isn’t paying its wildfire bills on time. Now legislators must act
5, 2024. A record-breaking fire year has tested ... bills earlier this year in hopes of bracing for the upcoming wildfire season. Two would have asked voters if they wanted to increase property ...
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Oregon homeowners in high-risk wildfire areas will need to follow these new rules
The release of the maps follows a record-breaking wildfire season last year and firestorms in 2020 that killed nine people and destroyed thousands of homes. The state-developed maps — which will ...
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Lawmakers to convene in Salem on Thursday for special session on funding record-breaking wildfire season
The devastation accrued a cost upwards of $350 million, making it the most expensive wildfire season in Oregon history ... The emergency board approved a $47.5 million request for ODF from ...
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Kotek signs $218M bill to cover 2024’s historic wildfire season
The bill allocates $191.5 million Oregon Department of Forestry ... special session in the Oregon legislature after 2024’s wildfire season saw a record 1.9 million acres burned.