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Published on January 6, 2020 in Environment/Wildfires by Christen Noel Kauffman

By Christen Noel Kauffman. Conservations fear an entire species of marsupial has been extinguished by the Australian wildfires.

Published on December 8, 2019 in Environment/Wildfires by Laura Booth

By Laura Booth. In California, wildfires ask only the impossible.

Published on November 10, 2019 in Environment/Wildfires by Đỗ Nguyên Mai

By Đỗ Nguyên Mai. A wildfire reminds a family to leave, “as if we aren’t already evacuees.”

Published on November 8, 2019 in Environment/Wildfires by Janine Rich

By Janine Rich. It’s California’s rainy season, in theory.

Published on October 28, 2019 in Environment/Wildfires by Dion OReilly

By Dion O’Reilly. 2.5 million Californians lose electricity over a weekend of surging wildfires.

Published on January 13, 2019 in Wildfires by Debbie Hall

By Debbie Hall. Three months after the historic Camp Fire, all the names of the dead are yet to settle.

Published on November 30, 2018 in Environment/Wildfires by Rob Carney

By Rob Carney. Donald Trump proposes a laughable solution to California’s complex wildfire crisis.

Published on November 25, 2018 in Environment/Wildfires by Devon Balwit

By Devon Balwit. Even escape vehicles melted as residents fled the fast-moving wildfires in Paradise, California this month.

Published on November 22, 2018 in Environment/Wildfires by Heather H. Thomas

By Heather H. Thomas. For a country at the convergence of water, fire and lies.

Published on November 21, 2018 in Environment/Wildfires by Norma Smith

By Norma Smith. In this new climate reality, we’re all in migration.