Arizona Legislature Holding Special Wildfire Funding Session June 16, 2021 By Bob Christie The Arizona Legislature will convene in special session this week to consider adding $100 million in funding for fighting wildfires...
Russia Fights Wildfires in Siberia and the Far East June 15, 2021 Russian emergency workers fought wildfires burning Sunday on more than 550 square kilometers (212 square miles) of territory mostly in...
Biden EPA Relaunches Website With Climate Change Indicators May 14, 2021 By Andrea Januta After years of delays during the Trump administration, the EPA released its new climate indicators, which show Americans are already...
Bill to Create Fund to Battle Washington Wildfires Moving Through Legislature March 17, 2021 By Nicholas K. Geranios A bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington easily passed the state House of...
Oregon Lawsuits Seek $1B From Pacific Power over Wildfires March 12, 2021 Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the...
Most Oregonians Applying for Disaster Aid After 2020 Wildfires Denied February 16, 2021 More than 24,000 Oregonians applied for federal disaster assistance after the catastrophic 2020 wildfires and about 57% of them were...
Damage From Wildfire Smoke Extends to Infrastructure, Businesses, Other Communities February 8, 2021 By Brian P. D. Hannon The damage caused by wildfires can be devastating, gutting structures and driving out people who live and work nearby. And...
RMS Estimates that Total Insured Losses from the 2020 Western U.S. Wildfires Will Be Between US$7bn – US$13bn December 17, 2020 By Newswire Latest RMS estimate includes loss from new fires that started and spread following the previous RMS loss estimate in September...
2020: A Year of Natural Hazard in Review December 11, 2020 By Saumi Shokraee This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic What happened in 2020? 2020, without a doubt, has been...
Washington Developing Wildfire Smoke Worker-Safety Rules October 23, 2020 The Washington Department of Labor & Industries is developing new workplace safety and health rules regarding wildfire smoke. The L&I...