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Wildfires

Biden Administration Pressed to Act on Federal Contractor Climate Disclosure

By Marianne Lavelle

A fast-moving wildfire burned more than 1,000 acres this month near Wendell, Minnesota, about 150 miles northwest of the Twin Cities. Much of the Midwest has been under red flag warnings this spring following a record hot and dry winter that officials say has dramatically increased the threat of wildfires in the region. Credit: Courtesy of Fergus Falls Fire Department

From Michigan to Nebraska, Midwest States Face an Early Wildfire Season

By Kristoffer Tigue

Cattle graze on small islands of hay surrounded by pastureland burned by wildfires tearing through the Texas Panhandle. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Texas Panhandle Wildfires Wreak Havoc on the State’s Agriculture Industry

By Kiley Price

Smoke hangs in the Canadian River Valley south of Stinnett, Texas after multiple days of wild fires on March 1. Credit: Justin Rex/The Texas Tribune

Record Winter Heat, Dry Air Helped Drive Panhandle Fire Risk

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Trabajadores agrícolas en un campo cerca de Bakersfield, California. Crédito: Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

A medida que aumentan las temperaturas, más trabajadores mueren en el campo

By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous

U.S. Forest Service firefighters conduct prescribed burning within Oregon's Gilchrist State Forest in May 2023. Credit: U.S. Forest Service

Indictment of US Forest Service ‘Burn Boss’ in Oregon Could Chill ‘Good Fires’ Across the Country

By Grant Stringer

Smoke rises from the Oak Fire near Mariposa, Calif. on July 24, 2022. The wildfire burned through several thousand acres while Californians dealt with record-setting temperatures. Credit: David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest

By Liza Gross

A broadcast burn on The Nature Conservancy's Sycan Marsh Preserve in southern Oregon in 2017. Scientists found that prescribed burning helped parts of the preserve survive the enormous Bootleg fire in 2021. Credit: Amanda Rau

In Oregon, a New Program Is Training Burn Bosses to Help Put More “Good Fire” on the Ground

By Grant Stringer

Farmworkers work in a field near Bakersfield, Calif. Credit: Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Dying in the Fields as Temperatures Soar

By Liza Gross, Peter Aldhous

Logging of a patch of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire on Dec. 17. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Biden Administration Takes Historic Step to Protect Old-Growth Forest

By Marianne Lavelle

Photo illustration by Derek Harrison. Photographs by Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group; Giuseppe Cacace/AFP; Olivier Morin/AFP; Yuan Hongyan/VCG via Getty Images

2023 in Climate News: Did Renewable Energy’s Surge Keep Pace With a Radically Warming Climate?

By ICN Staff

In an aerial view, a recovery vehicle drives past burned structures and cars two months after a devastating wildfire on October 9, 2023 in Lahaina, Hawaii. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

The Libertarian Developer Looming Over West Maui’s Water Conflict

By Anita Hofschneider and Jake Bittle, Grist

A conservationist with the NGO Panthera fights a fire in Porto Jofre, the Pantanal of Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on September 4, 2021. The Amazon, home to more than three million species, has long absorbed large amounts of carbon dioxide emissions, but some research has shown it recently emitting more CO2 than it absorbs due to wildfires, deforestation and declining forest health. Credit: Carl De Souza/AFP via Getty Images

New Research Makes it Harder to Kick The Climate Can Down the Road from COP28

By Bob Berwyn

Lorraine Capolungo near the site of her mobile home in the Creekside Mobile Home Park, which burned in the Cache Fire in Clearlake, California. Credit: Michael Kodas

Inside Climate News Freelancer Anne Marshall-Chalmers Honored for her Feature Story Showing California Wildfires Plague Mobile Home Residents

By ICN Editors

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) hugs Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) as they speak at a news conference in September 2023 on the launch of the American Climate Corps outside the U.S. Capitol. Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

Biden Creates the American Climate Corps, 90 Years After FDR Put 3 Million to Work in National Parks

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, “Living on Earth”

Don Hamann discusses the age and condition of a felled tree in the Butte Falls Community Forest during the regular Community Forest Chat on Saturday, June 10, 2023. Credit: Amanda Loman

In Oregon Timber Country, a Town Buys the Surrounding Forests to Confront Climate-Driven Wildfires

By Grant Stringer

Scott Hensen, vice president of floor planning for KB Home, points to a battery display panel on a SunPower SunValut storage system inside the garage of a model home during a tour of KB Home microgrid communities in Menifee on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022. Credit: Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/The Press-Enterprise via Getty Images

Study: Microgrids Could Reduce California Power Shutoffs—to a Point

By Emma Foehringer Merchant

A view of wildfires at Lebel-sur-Quevillon in Quebec, Canada on June 23, 2023. Credit: Frederic Chouinard/SOPFEU/ Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

June Extremes Suggest Parts of the Climate System Are Reaching Tipping Points

By Bob Berwyn

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