Peril and Promise
Life After Wildfires, from Australia to the West Coast
Season 2020 Episode 4 | 13m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
As climate change worsens wildfires, what can the US learn from Australia's fires?
As climate change makes wildfires stronger and more dangerous, how do we prepare for both the environmental and the emotional toll it takes? This this episode, we hear from those affected from Australia to California. Councillor Carol Duncan of Newcastle, Australia shares her experience working with fire refuges and her father’s harrowing near-death experience with wildfires.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.
Peril and Promise
Life After Wildfires, from Australia to the West Coast
Season 2020 Episode 4 | 13m 37sVideo has Closed Captions
As climate change makes wildfires stronger and more dangerous, how do we prepare for both the environmental and the emotional toll it takes? This this episode, we hear from those affected from Australia to California. Councillor Carol Duncan of Newcastle, Australia shares her experience working with fire refuges and her father’s harrowing near-death experience with wildfires.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.