Credit to Author: Jelisa Castrodale| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 21:18:58 +0000
Cal Fire thinks the burger chain is responsible for the Huasna Fire, which burned 245 acres in a rural part of the state.
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Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 17:31:10 +0000
They’re specifically trained to sniff out koala droppings and help find live animals amid the scorched landscape.
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Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 21:56:48 +0000
Around 100 fires were raging across more than 2 million acres on Monday.
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Credit to Author: Cole Kazdin| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:03:33 +0000
Institutions are hiring goats to eat brush, beefing up fire suppression systems, and in some cases are prepared to evacuate their art.
Read moreCredit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2019 23:00:14 +0000
Every year it seems that California has these insane wildfires that are making people and animals homeless. This year is no different, except it seems worse. Every day, there seems to have been a new fire reported. CNN just reported that 26,000 people have been evacuated due to the Easy Fire. This wildfire has burned at least 1,300 acres and could jump Highway 23. Ventura County Sheriff Bill Ayoub told CNN at a news conference that there were intense firefighting conditions. They actually had to ground fixed-wing aircraft because of the high winds, with gusts up to 65 miles an hour. For those who are unaware, that’s almost the wind speed of a Category 1 hurricane
Credit to Author: Alex Lubben| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 21:10:05 +0000
The blackouts imposed by power company PG&E knocked at least six air quality monitoring stations offline, the EPA confirmed to VICE News.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 16:55:17 +0000
Bill McKibben warns that parts of California may now be uninhabitable as climate change makes wildfires nearly a daily occurrence
Credit to Author: Harry Cheadle| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 22:02:42 +0000
The decision to cut power in the Bay Area and elsewhere has led to residents struggling in all sorts of ways.
Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 01:00:21 +0000
The post Judge: Court Will Consider Rival Proposal for PG&E Reorganization appeared first on POWER Magazine.
A federal bankruptcy judge on Oct. 9 ruled that Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), California’s largest utility, does not have the sole right to determine the terms of its reorganization. Judge Dennis Montali said those who support a rival proposal, which was devised by a group of the utility’s creditors, can have their plan considered. […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2019 00:03:33 +0000
The post PG&E’s Reorganization Plan—Cap Wildfire Liabilities at $18 Billion appeared first on POWER Magazine.
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) wants to cap its liabilities from damages caused by California wildfires at about $18 billion, according to the reorganization plan filed by the bankrupt utility September 9 in federal court in San Francisco. The amount is less than half what creditors, including insurance companies and wildfire victims, say they are […]
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