Current Climate: DOGE Cuts Are Undermining Wildfire Readiness
In this week's Current Climate newsletter, DOGE cuts are creating worries over wildfire preparedness; Tesla feeling blowback ...
Fires costing $250 billion, plus lost tax revenue, will hit the next LA County budget
The current budget is $84 million. Gary Jones, director of the Department of Beaches and Harbors, was asking for five new ...
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Montgomery County fire chiefs say new streets are not wide enough for emergency vehicles
Several fire chiefs worry they won't be able to respond to fires in time if the county doesn't change how new streets are ...
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Where’s the passion and fire? Former Pak players chastise Rizwan and Co. for India loss
Stalwarts of Pakistan cricket stood united in describing the current team as insipid and uninspiring after it was outplayed by India in a Champions Trophy match in Dubai with Babar Azam drawing ...
Rochester council slated for update in township fire service agreements
ROCHESTER — Agreements for fire response to four townships surrounding Rochester remain in the works, less than a year before ...
Hughes Fire in LA County burns 10,000 acres, evacuations lifted but mudslide concerns remain
Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic a day earlier.
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Colorado lawmakers fire back at Trump administration’s ‘reckless’ and ‘dangerous’ layoffs of over 3,400 Forest Service employees
Colorado lawmakers and communities are fighting back against President Donald Trump’s layoffs of at least 3,400 U.S. Forest ...
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Community members discuss pros, cons of Regional Fire Authority annexation vote
About 75 people attended a Northwest Washington Civic Circle (NWCC)-sponsored community discussion Saturday regarding an ...
Useless high-voltage power lines heighten risk of sparking wildfires
California regulations require the companies to remove power lines they don’t anticipate using again, but there’s no set ...
"It gives people hope:" Pastor hopeful for future after 227-year-old church fire in Beaver County
After an electrical fire gutted New Salem Presbyterian Church in Beaver County last month, Reverend Jeff Marquis said he ...
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Opinion: Congress’ Fix Our Forests Act will remove environmental checks that keep wildfires from spreading
This isn’t just raking pine needles. The Fix Our Forests Act includes industrial-scale commercial logging and heavy livestock grazing. By removing the environmental checks it bypasses the critical ...