Wildfires

LA Wildfire Survivors Want to Rebuild All-Electric, but a Utility Is Using Customer Funds to Incentivize Gas Appliances

California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.

By Hilary Beaumont

In Burned Forests, the West’s Snowpack Is Melting Earlier

By Mitch Tobin, The Water Desk

How Indigenous Cultural Burns Can Help Heal Climate-Ravaged Forests—and People

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

For Many Disabled Fire Victims in Los Angeles, a Continuing Trauma

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution?

By Elisabeth Kwak-Hefferan

Taking Stock in Altadena Nine Months After the Devastating LA Fires

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth

Government Shutdown Could Disrupt Timing of Crucial Conservation and Wildfire Efforts

By Kiley Price

Natural Disasters Are a Rising Burden for the National Guard

By Marianne Lavelle

Detroit Is the Nation’s Most Challenging City for People with Asthma, a New Report Suggests

By K.R. Callaway

A Debate Heats Up over California’s ‘Zone Zero’ Rules to Cut Home Losses to Flammable Vegetation

By Blanca Begert

Nicholas Spada Spent Months Analyzing Smoke From the LA Fires. He Thinks People Have a Right to Know, and ‘Air Is Everything.’

Story and photos by Nina Dietz

Smoke From Wildfires Caused by Climate Change Will Fuel Many More Premature Deaths in the U.S., a New Study Warns

By Phil McKenna

Deforestation Threatens Public Health. Securing Indigenous Land Rights Can Help, Researchers Find

By Katie Surma

‘It’s Never Good!’: A Street-Level Look at New York City’s Air Quality

By Lauren Dalban

Fossil-Fueled Climate Heating Set the Stage for Devastating Fires in Spain and Portugal This Summer

By Bob Berwyn

Chicago Aims To Have Most Air Pollution Sensors in the US

By Brett Chase, Chicago Sun-Times

Canyon Wildfire in Los Angeles Forces Thousands to Evacuate

By Keerti Gopal

Grand Canyon Fire Is Now the Largest Burning in the Nation

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Tricky Problem of ‘Zombie’ Fires

Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth