Sep 14 Wildfires intensify economic pain in the West By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Wildfires are destroying property, running up huge losses for property insurers and putting a strain on economic activity along the West Coast that could linger for a year or more. Continue reading
Sep 12 Better weather aids battle against deadly Western wildfires By Andrew Selsky, Sara Cline, Associated Press Diminishing winds and rising humidity helped firefighters battling deadly blazes in Oregon and California, but with dozens of people still missing, authorities in both states feared that the receding flames could reveal many more dead across the blackened landscape. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 7:13 Oregon's governor on her state's wildfire crisis and ongoing racial protests This historic early fire season is devastating in its scope and toll. With fires merging and moving closer to Portland, that city now has the worst air quality of any in the world. Officials say they need twice as many… Continue watching
Sep 10 6 of top 20 largest fires in California history happened this year By Associated Press California is now almost entirely free of Red Flag warnings for critical fire weather, but 14,000 firefighters remain on the lines of 29 major wildfires. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 8:00 Jane Fonda on taking action to address 'dire' climate crisis Jane Fonda is a Hollywood icon, with her Academy Award-winning acting career spanning decades. But she is also famous for her political activism. In a new book, Fonda describes her passion and protests advocating for stronger action on climate change. Continue watching
Sep 10 California fire that killed 3 threatens thousands of homes By Terence Chea, Brian Melley, Associated Press Several other people have been critically burned and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes and other buildings are believed to have been damaged or destroyed by the fire in the foothills of the northern Sierra Nevada, authorities said. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 4:07 News Wrap: UN warns that warming globe could mean more extreme weather In our news wrap Wednesday, the United Nations is warning the warming globe could mean more natural disasters and extreme weather. A new report says the world is now nearly 2 degrees warmer than during pre-industrial times; the targeted ceiling… Continue watching
Sep 09 Think 2020's disasters are wild? Experts predict worse in the future By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press What's happening is the basic physics of climate change. Scientists know it will only get crazier because what we're seeing now is what they foresaw 20 years ago would happen. Continue reading
Sep 09 UN report: Increased warming closing in on agreed upon limit By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 3:00 Over 2 million acres have burned in California -- and fire season is just beginning By Stephanie Sy Record wildfires are still raging across vast swaths of California. The flames have burned more than 2 million acres, destroying scores of homes and other buildings. Hundreds of people have been stranded by the exploding blazes, requiring rescue by helicopter… Continue watching