Fire safety vs conservation: How one endangered plant stopped a major wildfire prevention project in California?
California's wildfire safety and conservation efforts clashed when a project to replace old power poles and widen fire-access ...
How California eco-bureaucrats halted a Pacific Palisades fire safety project to save an endangered shrub
The good news for the milkvetch plant is that they usually need wildfire to sprout — meaning dormant seeds now have a massive new habitat for a new crop of the rare shrub.
How To Protect Yourself From California Wildfires and Ash Impacts
As fires continue to burn in California, there are many ways to protect yourself and your family from wildfire smoke and ash.
Pink flame retardants are being used to slow California fires. What do we know about them?
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dropping more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of ...
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Firefighting Planes Are Dumping Ocean Water on the Los Angeles Fires—Why Using Saltwater Is Typically a Last Resort
Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a ...
California's Fire Catastrophe Is Largely a Result of Bad Government Policies
In 2020, Elizabeth Weil of ProPublica also named California's forest management as a serious concern.
Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial
Misinformation is spreading rapidly as experts say climate change is the likely accelerant for California's crisis ...
What Happened With California’s Water Supply During the Wildfires?
Critics say Los Angeles didn't have enough water to fight devastating wildfires, but the truth is more complicated.
Fires Incinerated the Facade of California Governing Competence
Let us first stipulate that Los Angeles city and county, as well as the entire Golden State, could have had the best ...
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Texas Trees Foundation Wants to Plant More Trees and Train Dallasites to Maintain Them
The longtime nonprofit has launched an urban forestry workforce program to create a larger, more diverse talent pool to ...
Lead and Cadmium Found in Protein Powders — Plant-Based and Chocolate-Flavored Are Worst Offenders
A study conducted by the Clean Label Project found that cadmium and lead were found in many types of protein powders — with ...
California Wildfires: How Smoke Harms Your Body
As wildfires blaze across California, here is how inhaling smoke could affect your health, from itchy eyes to dementia risk.