Sep 28 New California fire scorches wine country near San Francisco By Associated Press The new fires erupted Sunday in the famed Napa-Sonoma wine region and in far Northern California’s Shasta County, forcing hasty evacuations of neighborhoods. Continue reading
Sep 16 ‘Nothing left in the bucket’: Wildfire resources run thin By Associated Press Demand for firefighting resources has been high since mid-August, when fire officials bumped the national preparedness level to critical, meaning at least 80 percent of crews were already committed to fighting fires. Continue reading
Sep 15 Harris: Ideology shouldn’t play role in wildfire response By Associated Press She didn’t mention President Donald Trump by name on Tuesday, but her remarks came a day after he visited California and again cast doubt on the science behind climate change. Continue reading
Sep 14 Watch 3:53 Western wildfires highlight divergent stances of Trump, Biden on climate change By Lisa Desjardins The wildfire disaster in the American West is highlighting a major political difference between President Trump and Joe Biden: their perspectives on climate change. While scientists increasingly warn that climate change is driving extreme weather events like the western fires… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 6:17 With wildfires raging during a pandemic, Oregon residents are pushed to the brink By Cat Wise, Leah Nagy In Oregon, more than a million acres have burned already during this devastating early wildfire season -- twice the full-year average. Over 40,000 people have been forced to flee their homes, and at least 22 are missing. Air quality in… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 7:10 How climate change ‘exacerbates’ wildfires in the American West As large parts of California and the Pacific Northwest are beset by wildfires, the issue of climate change has taken on prominence in the national political conversation. Scientists increasingly point to rising temperatures and extreme dryness as exacerbating wildfires, but… Continue watching
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 14 WATCH: Trump ignores climate science in California wildfires briefing By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani, Will Weissert, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press California, Oregon and Washington state have seen historic wildfires that have burned faster and farther than ever before. Numerous studies in recent years have linked bigger wildfires in the U.S. to global warming from the burning of coal, oil and… Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 4:54 Hazardous air, mass casualty, misinformation as fires blaze in Oregon By PBS NewsHour Tens of thousands of people in Oregon have evacuated as wildfires continue to blaze across parts of California and the Pacific Northwest. Oregon Public Broadcasting reporter Emily Cureton joins Christopher Booker to discuss the latest on rescue efforts in the… Continue watching
Sep 13 Death toll from wildfires reaches 33 on the West Coast By Lindsay Whitehurst, Andrew Selsky, Associated Press Nearly all of the dozens of people reported missing after a devastating blaze in southern Oregon have been accounted for, authorities said, as crews continued to battle wildfires that have killed at least 33 victims from California to Washington state. Continue reading