Guest essay by Larry Hamlin Articles in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Orange County Register address Governor Newsom’s declaration of a state of emergency to allow the…
Category: Wildfires
Solar energy may have caused California’s wildfires
From The Washington Examiner by Kevin Mooney | March 04, 2019 12:59 PM Taxpayer-subsidized, ratepayer-funded utilities that may be on the hook for billions of dollars in liabilities point to…
Cal Fire report pinpoints thinning of forests to reduce Ca. wildfire risks
Guest essay by Larry Hamlin A new February 22, 2019 report was issued by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) which announces a plan that the…
A long view of California’s climate
Public Release: 4-Mar-2019 Study examines centuries of data to understand climate-wildfire links NOAA Headquarters Deadly severe wildfires in California have scientists scrutinizing the underlying factors that could influence future extreme…
Wildfires Caused By Bad Environmental Policy Are Causing California Forests To Be Net CO2 Emitters
Guest essay by Chuck DeVore In the past two years, wildfires scorched 2.9 million acres in California, including five of the state’s 20 deadliest fires killing 131 people. Former California Gov. Jerry…
Shocker: study shows past forest fires occurred mainly in humid, warm periods
Researchers at the University of Bonn used drill cores to trace back the fires of the past 600,000 years – favorable climate induced growth promoting larger fuel loads was the biggest factor. Highlights: Fire intensity and temperature…
California Wildfire Mitigation: “Turn Out the Lights…”
Guest drive-by by David Middleton PG&E Could Shut Off Power For Millions To Prevent Wildfires February 7, 2019 MATTHEW S. SCHWARTZ Pacific Gas & Electric could shut off power to…
California’s Wildfire History – in one map
Here is an interesting interactive graphic that depicts perimeters of more than 100 years of California wildfires recorded by Cal Fire and the U.S. Geological Survey. The map below shows…
Google Earth updates Paradise imagery post #Campfire – the images are shocking
I knew it would be coming, and it has arrived. First, a reminder image of that fateful day. Google Earth Pro (free app) has updated the aerial imagery for Paradise,…
What’s Natural? A Look at Wildfires
Jim Steele writes: I am excited to announce my local weekly paper the Pacifica Tribune has added me as a columnist. Every 2 weeks I will post my column “What’s…
California’s Largest Utility Could Face Murder Charges For Sparking Wildfires
From The Daily Caller 3:56 PM 12/31/2018 | Energy Tim Pearce | Energy Reporter California’s largest utility could face murder charges or manslaughter charges if found responsible for sparking recent,…
Tree-ring analysis explains physiology behind drought intolerance
Public Release: 26-Dec-2018 Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – Tree rings tell the story of what’s happening physiologically as fire suppression makes forests more dense and less tolerant of drought,…
Trump Overhauled The Way We Prevent Wildfires And The Media Totally Missed It
From The Daily Caller Trump Takes Steps To Prevent Catastrophic Forest Fires, Including More Logging 7:22 AM 12/24/2018 | Energy Michael Bastasch | Energy Editor President Trump issued an executive…
Cooling effect of preindustrial fires on climate underestimated
From Cornell Chronicle By David Nutt | October 1, 2018 Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future This graphic shows the decline of black carbon emissions from fire activity from 1700…
Climate change and wildfires. An Interview with An Imperfect Union
By Jim Steele I was interviewed by journalists for a video journalist group, Imperfect Union, who make videos for Facebook Watch. They interview people with opposing views on a wide…
Wildfire Attribution study full of smoke
December 4, 2018 Guest post by Bob Vislocky In light of the devastating wildfires that ravished California last month, I thought it would be interesting to critically review a frequently…
Here’s how Paradise ignored warnings and became a deathtrap
A very comprehensive story from the LA Times which repeats the points made Anthony’s previous post about the narrowing of evacuation routes. From The LA Times By Paige St. John,…
A Tale of Two Jerry Browns
From The Daily Wire ByEmily Zanotti @emzanotti TRUMP WAS RIGHT: Jerry Brown Eased California Logging Rules Back In August Months ago, California Gov. Jerry Brown urged state lawmakers to loosen…
Rain douses #CampFire – more rain coming
GOOD NEWS. Infrared log from the latest flyover shows only isolated heat spots in the #CampFire remaining. There are no active fire front areas. See map. 1.32″ of rain was recorded at…
‘It blows my mind’: How B.C. destroys a key natural wildfire defence every year
Let the forest management and glyphosate wars begin! Go! ~ctm From the CBC Provincial rules require spraying of fire-resistant aspen trees to make way for valuable conifers Bethany Lindsay ·…
Was Global Warming A Significant Factor in California’s Camp Fire? The Answer is Clearly No.
From Cliff Mass Weather and Climate Blog Tuesday, November 20, 2018 The Camp Fire that struck the northern California town of Paradise and vicinity is a profoundly disturbing environmental disaster…
No, we aren’t going to get ‘toxic rain’ from the #Campfire smoke
See update below from person who ade the social media post-Anthony I’ve been asked to write this, because this silly fear mongering keeps making the rounds on social media. It…
2015 Paradise downtown street project reducing 4 lanes to 2, may have created dangerous evacuation bottleneck during #CampFire
The ironically titled “Downtown Paradise Safety Project” may have created a deadly evacuation bottleneck. We have all seen videos of the horror of the exodus from the town of Paradise, CA…
Building For the Past, Remembering the Future
From cliscep Michael Tobis (aka Dr. Doom) is someone I have opposed frequently and vehemently across the climate blogosphere. Nonetheless, he has a post up now that is thought-worthy, if…
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