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‘Unprecedented’ Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations and burns nearly 40,000 acres
The Elk Fire burning throughout Wyoming’s Big Horn National Forest near the town of Dayton triggered evacuations late Tuesday ...
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Arctic wildfires ‘rapidly’ burning permafrost, causing more intense wildfires
A vicious cycle is happening throughout the world's arctic regions: wildfires are thawing permafrost, causing more wildfires.
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Oregon forestry out of money after ‘most expensive wildfire season’ in history
Oregon's Department of Forestry needs +$40 million in emergency funding to battle this year's historic wildfires. The costs ...
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‘Unprecedented’ Wyoming wildfire expands evacuations and burns nearly 50,000 acres
The Elk Fire burning throughout Wyoming’s Big Horn National Forest near the town of Dayton triggered evacuations late Tuesday night and expanded evacuation warnings for nearby residents Wednesday.
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Students at California college choked by wildfire smoke urge campus closure
Many schools around San Bernardino County have closed as smoke from the nearby Line Fire blots out the sky and pollutes the air around the area. Air quality for the area on Wednesday was recorded ...
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Wildfires trigger national emergency in South America
Bolivia declared a National Emergency on Saturday due to ongoing, near-record-breaking wildfires burning throughout the country, according to the country’s defense ministry. Wildfires burned at ...
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‘Watch our state burn’: Trump’s threat to withhold California wildfire aid angers state’s firefighting force
During a pseudo-campaign stop that functioned more as a golf course advertisement, former President Donald Trump threatened to withhold federal wildfire aid from California if Gov. Gavin Newsom ...
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Ultra-early wildfire detection worldwide nears reality with coming satellite ‘constellation,’ Google says
For over half a century, the first line of wildfire defense consisted of humans perched on towers hundreds of feet in the air. The tech advancements, however, lacked two things fire lookouts ...
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Biden claims he’s working to raise wildland firefighter payment to $29/hr
President Joe Biden claimed his administration is working to raise the minimum wage of wildland firefighters to $29 an hour at a press conference Tuesday morning. “What I’d like to do is ...