Forest Service Layoffs and Frozen Funds Increase the Risk From Wildfires
The Trump administration’s decision to fire 3,400 workers and pause funds used for wildfire prevention comes as wildfires are ...
US retail sales drop by most in two years amid fires, storms
U.S. retail sales slumped in January by the most in nearly two years, indicating an abrupt pullback by consumers after a ...
US wildfire data misused following devastating LA wildfires
Following devastating Southern California blazes in January 2025, a post on X claimed US acreage lost to wildfires is ...
Scorched debris and toxic waste: Inside one of the nation’s largest wildfire recovery responses
Many Los Angeles residents stricken by loss from the Eaton and Palisades fires are eager to transition to a new phase of ...
Trump Officials Fire, Abruptly Rehire, Overseers of U.S. Nuclear Stockpile
Trump administration officials on Friday began rescinding termination notices given just 24 hours earlier to more than 300 ...
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Mapping the recovery: Army's airborne sensors support debris removal after LA wildfires
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is deploying various cutting-edge capabilities in LA to support the largest debris removal ...
Eastern U.S. braces for flooding while fire-damaged California city now faces mudslides
The strongest atmospheric river of the season left roads submerged in sludge and created conditions for mudslides on wildfire ...
Human-caused fires growing faster than lightning fires in Western US, study suggests
A study published in PNAS Nexus shows that there are almost twice as many risky days for large human-caused fires in the ...
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Readers Respond to Wildfires and Taxes
Pacific Power has always worked hard to stay ahead of wildfire mitigation efforts. Just last year, a study by Stanford ...