The common thread between hurricanes and wildfires? Increasingly strong winds - Hurricane-force winds have major destructive ...

John Vaillant, author of the best-selling book Fire Weather, says the hotter our cities become, the more we must worry about ...

On top of the human tragedy they’re still inflicting, the Los Angeles wildfires are exposing a gap between what people thought their homes were worth and what they’ll actually get from insurance ...

As a volunteer emergency medical technician and firefighter with over 30 years of experience, I was horrified to read in the ...

California has rolled out a new law to expand access to homeowners' insurance, but a watchdog group fears the legislation ...

Experts discuss the increased intensity we can expect from destructive weather events due to climate change, while an amateur ...

Joan Didion wrote that “the city burning is Los Angeles’s deepest image of itself.” Since then, insurance companies and ...

Reeling from destructive wildfires, California lawmakers in 2020 passed new requirements for clearing combustible materials ...

The California Air Resources Board adopted the clean fleets and locomotive rules in 2023. Not seeking the waivers is “an important step given the uncertainty presented by the incoming administration,” ...

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record. With ...

We can mitigate the risk of catastrophic wildfires with prescribed burns. By reducing brush and other tinder, these small, ...

Pressed to acknowledge that climate change plays a role in the frequency and severity of wildfires, Trump declared, “It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch.” During his first term, he blamed a ...