Forbes

Neutralize Wildfire Threats - Before They Become Wild or Fires

Wildfire disaster are expensive, and they keep happening. The cost of human life, property and the environment is catastrophic. In February 2024, the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas Panhandle ...
The Conversation

Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; Senior Fellow at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Boise State University Mojtaba Sadegh receives funding from the US ...
NPR

This community is getting a disaster makeover. Insurance bills are still rising

In the rolling hills of Lake County, Calif., residents in Kelseyville are getting home makeovers. The improvements aren't eye-catching: new gutters on the roof, gravel around the exterior walls and ...
The New York Times

Wildfire Smoke Will Kill Thousands More by 2050, Study Finds

Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters. Source: Nature Note: Midcentury projection uses a moderate warming ...
Los Angeles Times

Electric customers to pay $9 billion more to state wildfire fund under proposed bill

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California electric customers face paying $9 billion more to replenish the state wildfire fund under legislation ...
Los Angeles Times

22,500 homes lost. Over five years later, only 38% rebuilt: What California fire survivors face

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. More homes have been lost to wildfire in the last eight years than in any other period in California history. The ...
The Denver Post

Colorado wildfires: Oak fire forces evacuations, threatens 2,000 homes in Pagosa Springs

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than half a dozen wildfires continued to burn across Colorado Monday morning, including a new fire that sparked in Pagosa Springs. AUG. 12 UPDATE: ...
Forbes

From Drones To Balloons: 5 Startups Fighting Wildfires And Drought

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of climatetech and entrepreneurship. Aug 07, 2025, 11:32am EDT 24 June 2023, Baden-Württemberg, ...
Climate Central

Climate Change Worsens Wildfire Smoke

NEW VIDEO SERIES Click to download this ready-to-air video, A.I. Wildfire Tracking. These fully produced news stories can be used by media outlets for broadcasts, streaming, and digital at no cost.
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Survivors of past Northern California wildfires shut out of last-minute bill adding $18 billion for state’s restitution fund

A sprawling bill passed at the eleventh hour by California lawmakers a week ago to address energy affordability included a massive infusion to the state’s wildfire restitution fund, established in ...
ProPublica

How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every ...