And no, you’re not safe
For a book revolving around a city-consuming wildfire in Canada, John Vaillant’s Fire Weather — named this month a U.S. National Book Award non-fiction finalist — features a great deal …
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Groups team up to combat fast-rising PG&E electric and gas bills
OAKLAND — Consumer groups, politicians, labor unions and advocacy organizations have teamed up to combat fast-rising increases in PG&E monthly bills and demand more accountability from the utility behemoth. FAIR …
Thousands flee Santa Ana-driven wildfires in rural SoCal
By Marcio Sanchez | Associated Press AGUANGA — Hundreds of firefighters aided by aircraft on Tuesday battled a wind-driven wildfire that damaged or destroyed at least nine buildings in rural …
PG&E customers face higher monthly bills as state panel preps ruling
OAKLAND — PG&E monthly utility bills are slated to hop higher — yet again — as a group of key decisions by state regulators loom regarding the power company’s upcoming …
PG&E electric bills soar far faster than brutally high inflation rate
OAKLAND — PG&E electric bills have soared far faster than the already high inflation rate in the Bay Area, jolting the company’s customers with increasingly weighty utility costs. Even worse, …
California: Wildfires can make your California red taste like an ashtray. These scientists want to stop that
ALPINE: The US West Coast produces over 90 per cent of America’s wine, but the region is also prone to wildfires – a combustible combination that spelled disaster for the …
Lahaina residents begin returning to homes in fire zone
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii — Some Lahaina residents returned to their devastated properties Monday for the first time since the Hawaii town was destroyed by …
B.C. deers proven as stressed during wildfires through poop: researchers
Proof that deer experienced elevated stress in response to wildfires in British Columbia’s southern Interior can be found in their feces, say researchers, although researchers say there’s still much to …
Lahaina residents brace for what they’ll find upon return
By Jennifer Sinco Kelleher | Associated Press HONOLULU — Soon after one of Maui’s Japanese Buddhist temples, the Lahaina Hongwanji Mission, burned in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than …
Trudeau heads to UN general assembly as world faces ‘serious moment’
At the annual UN General Assembly, that traffic-snarling symposium of international hand-wringing and high dudgeon now underway in New York City, the peril of climate change is always a prominent …