Readers respond: Address climate change to turn the tide
Regrettably, there is no easy silver bullet to prevent extreme wildfires. But collectively addressing global warming is our ...
California Wildfires Are A Wake-Up Call For Climate Change Adaptation
The wildfire disaster in Los Angeles underscores the importance of climate change adaptation. We built our infrastructure for ...
Politifact6h
Los Angeles wildfires were worsened by climate change, despite claim to the contrary
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused ...
How Invasive Plants Are Fueling California’s Wildfire Crisis
Non-native grasses and eucalyptus trees brought to California centuries ago for agriculture and landscaping have reshaped the ...
Extreme weather events like the LA wildfires are creating climate refugees. Where do they go?
As extreme weather gets worse, people in high-risk areas are confronting the reality that it’s getting harder and to insulate ...
Amid wildfire trauma, LA County dispatches mental health workers to evacuees
Surviving a disaster like the Eaton and Palisades wildfires can take a severe psychological toll, and the county is aiming to ...
Can LA wildfires prompt new focus on community mitigation efforts?
The devastation of the Los Angeles wildfires has resonated far beyond Southern California, as local officials and residents ...
The Columbian15h
Letter: Work to reduce climate change
As we watch the heart-wrenching Los Angeles wildfire crisis, first and foremost I’m appreciative and proud of the 300-plus heroic Oregon and Southwest Washington firefighters that went down to help. H ...
City of Kelowna planning wildfire fuel mitigation on Knox and Dilworth mountains
The City of Kelowna plans to continue wildfire fuel mitigation work on both Knox and Dilworth mountains in the spring. Work initially began in September. Mitigation work will involve removal of fine ...
Letter: GOP fiddles while California burns
The taxpaying residents of Southern California are suffering. The GOP Congress continues to hold them hostage for partisan ...
Taking our homes out of the path of disaster
With the climate heating and floods and fires becoming more frequent, Canada needs to rethink where people can build and live ...