California Wildfires

Californians Blazing Bipartisan and Global Path to Clean Energy Future

David Sassoon | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

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David Sassoon

With the oil and auto industries both out in the wilderness last week, it looked like there was suddenly room for a clean energy economy to stake a big claim to the future.

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My Account of the Santa Barbara Tea Fire

Peter Kornbluth | Posted 11.21.2008 | Green

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Peter Kornbluth

Having since found out about friends who lost their homes, and seen the destruction in their neighborhoods, it feels somewhat inappropriate to communicate our good fortune.

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Are Southern California's Wildfires a Harbinger of Worst Things to Come Under Climate Change?

Jeremy Jacquot | Posted 11.17.2008 | Green

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Jeremy Jacquot

As tragic as these wildfires have already been for countless families who have seen their homes go up in flames, they could, unfortunately, mark the beginning of a long, destructive trend.

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Residents return to devastated LA mobile home park

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.17.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Stacks of charred bricks, blackened shells of cars and burned tree trunks were all that remained Monday in much of the community s...

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Can We Stop Pretending California is 'Green,' Now?

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 11.16.2008 | Green

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Jeffrey Feldman

Americans everywhere will continue to have sympathy with all those who suffer in your fires, but if you want us to take your claims to being 'green' seriously, start getting your suicidal groundwater abuse under control, California.

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Southern California Homes Devastated By Walls Of Towering Flames

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 11.16.2008 | Home

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DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major ae...

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Wildfires in LA reduce hundreds of homes to ash

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 11.15.2008 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and m...

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Wind cooperates with firefighters on Calif. blaze

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A fire official says 111 homes have been confirmed destroyed in a celebrity-studded enclave of Northern California, and ...

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Los Angeles Wildfires: Firefighters Manage To Beat Back Flames

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 10.15.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant ...

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Firefighters attack stubborn blaze near LA homes

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.14.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Flames whirled dangerously close to homes Tuesday as gusty Santa Ana winds sent the biggest of southern California's wildfires fla...

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Huge Wildfires Force Frantic Evacuations In LA

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned into neighborhoods near Los Angeles on Monday, forcing frantic evacuati...

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Los Angeles Wildfire (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Posted 10.13.2008 | Green

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***Check Back For Updates*** UPDATE, 10/13, 2:30 pm: The AP is reporting that a second fire has broken out above the San Fernando Valley, prompting ...

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Wildfires force frantic evacuations near LA; 2 die

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned into neighborhoods near Los Angeles on Monday, forcing frantic evacuati...

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Fire burns 2,000 acres northeast of Los Angeles

AP | MICHAEL BLOOD | Posted 10.12.2008 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — Fire officials prepared late Sunday for rapid growth of a wildfire blazing 20 miles north of downtown with the expected arrival of...

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Air Tanker Drops On Wildfires: Just For Show?

Los Angeles Times | Julie Cart and Bettina Boxall | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

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Fire commanders say they are often pressured to order planes and helicopters into action on major fires even when the aircraft won't do any good. Such...

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Yosemite Wildfires Threaten 4,000 Homes

Los Angeles Times | Ari B. Bloomekatz and Maria L. La Ganga | Posted 07.29.2008 | Green

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MARIPOSA, CALIF. -- Thousands of firefighters continued to battle a growing blaze in the Yosemite area Monday, hampered by steep terrain and high temp...

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California Wildfires Rage: Fire Destroys Near Yosemite National Park

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 07.28.2008 | Green

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MARIPOSA, Calif. — Smoke had turned the sun a deep glowing red by the time Dutch tourist Trees Duipmans and her three teenage children reached a...

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Wildfire Sweeps Yosemite Area In California

AP | GARANCE BURKE | Posted 07.28.2008 | Home

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MARIPOSA, Calif. — Smoke had turned the sun a deep glowing red by the time Dutch tourist Trees Duipmans and her three teenage children reached a...

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Big Sur Highway Reopens, Residents Begin To Return Home

AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced resid...

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California Firefighting Efforts Complicated By Heavy Rains

AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.14.2008 | Green

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SAN JOSE, Calif. — A large wildfire in a national forest spread farther away from the storied coastal town of Big Sur on Monday but forced resid...

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Our Denier-In-Chief Punts While the World Pants

Kerry Trueman | Posted 07.11.2008 | Green

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Kerry Trueman

Is global warming a hazard to your health? Just ask Abdon Felix Garcia, a farm worker in California. Oh, wait! You can't, because he died on Wednesday after working in a vineyard in 108 degree heat.

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1 killed in Calif. fires; more Guard troops coming

AP | DON THOMPSON | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home

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PARADISE, Calif. — One person was found dead inside a burned-out house Friday after a wind-fueled wildfire swept through a rural community in th...

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Firefighters Battle More Than 300 Wildfires In California

AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 07.05.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters on Sunday took advantage of cooler, damper weather to battle a vast blaze ravaging Santa Barbara County as they tried...

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Big Sur Wildfire Forcing Evacuations

AP | AMANDA FEHD | Posted 07.03.2008 | Green

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BIG SUR, Calif. — Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the s...

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Fire Unexpectedly Worsens In California As Big Sur Is Evacuated

New York Times | Jesse McKinley | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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Facing a stubborn fire, California officials ordered the evacuation of Big Sur on Wednesday as flames flared on nearby mountaintops and moved steadily...

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