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Sydney Choked by Haze from Bush Fires
Ambulances answer dozens of respiratory-related calls Thick smoke from wildfires shroud the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. %2
Read More »PG&E Deal with Fire Victims Removes Huge Obstacles
Newsom has until this Friday to sign off on the settlement By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Business Writer Associated Press (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric will be able to avoid two legal obstacles that could have tripped up its ...
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2019 fire season video Grance Vanness – Photo and video comp from the 2019 fire season. Middle Fork Ranger District – Crew 501, based out of the Willamette National Forest. Photos and videos taken by the crew. Copyright ...
Read More »California Firefighter Overtime Surges 65%
Annual wages pushed to nearly $5 billion LOS ANGELES (AP) — Following an unprecedented series of wildfires across California, overtime costs for firefighters surged by 65% over the past decade, pushing annual wages to nearly $5 billion, according ...
Read More »PG&E Reaches $13.5B Wildfire Settlement
Deal resolves all claims related to deadly 2017-2018 fires By JOHN ROGERS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pacific Gas and Electric announced Friday it has reached a tentative $13.5 billion settlement resolving all major claims related to ...
Read More »California to Protect Insurance Polices in Wildfire Areas
Insurance companies banned from dropping customers By ADAM BEAM Associated Press Sacramento, Calif (AP) — California on Thursday temporarily banned insurance companies from dropping customers in areas affected by more than a dozen recent blazes, invoking a new ...
Read More »PG&E Urges Judge to Approve Settlement
Utility struggles to cover billions in losses By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday urged a federal bankruptcy judge to approve a key insurance settlement as it struggles to ...
Read More »Invasive Grasses Fueling Wildfires Across the U.S.
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Emily Fusco University of Massachusetts Amherst (THE CONVERSATION) The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and winter wildfires in California have ...
Read More »Washington Commissioner Proposes Fund to Fight Wildfires
Bill would be largest investment ever made By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The state’s commissioner of Public Lands released a proposal Monday to raise some $63 million each year to fight wildfires and ...
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