Wildfires

Energy Storage Project
Fire at Moss Landing Could Turn Back the Clock on Battery Storage in California
Moss Landing battery storage.As if California was not suffering enough because of the horrific wildfires sweeping through Los Angeles, a separate fire at the Mo…
Electricity Transmission
Edison Says It Found No Issues on Lines Near Eaton Fire in LA
Edison International Chief Executive Officer Pedro Pizarro said the utility did not detect any electrical issues on a transmission line near the start of the de…
Electricity Transmission
Edison International Energy Firm Is Being Investigated for Possible Link to One of the LA Wildfires
Edison International, a multi-billion dollar energy company, is being investigated over a possible link to one of the wildfires burning in the Los Angeles area.…
Gas Pipeline
Los Angeles-Area Wildfires Could Impact Gas Line to Southern Nevada
Clark County said that the fuel line service to Southern Nevada could be impacted by Los Angeles-area wildfires.As a result of the fires in California, Clark Co…
Crude Oil
North Dakota Crude Output Cut by 520,000 B/D After October Wildfires
North Dakota, the third-largest producing state in the U.S., saw its crude production fall by 520,000 barrels per day in October after operators shut in wells t…
Power Construction
PG&E Cuts Power to California Customers As Wildfire Risk Builds
PG&E Corp. shut off power to nearly 25,000 homes and businesses in Northern California as gusty Diablo winds and plummeting humidity levels raise the risk of wi…
Power Construction
California Faces Risk of Power Cuts With Winds Boosting Fire Threat
California residents face power shutoffs this week as warm, dry winds sweep the state, threatening to tear down utility lines and spark wildfires.Edison Interna…
Coal Production
Teck Third-Quarter Coal Sales Fall Below Guidance
Diversified miner Teck Resources says its third-quarter steelmaking coal sales were below its guidance, citing a slower-than-anticipated supply chain recovery f…
Microgrid
Wildfires Knocked Out Power to an Entire County. A Microgrid of Generators Brought It Back
After an onslaught of about 150 lightning strikes hit one of California's most drought-stricken regions last month, sparking more than two dozen fires, the …
Solar Battery (Storage)
Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrids Minimize Power Shutoffs during Wildfires
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers have shown that microgrids equipped with solar-plus-storage systems can maintain an average levelized cost of …
Carbon Emissions
Fossil Fuel Companies and Cement Manufacturers Could Be to Blame for a More Than a Third of West’s Wildfires
A new study from the Union of Concerned Scientists links emissions from the world’s largest carbon producers to nearly 20 million acres of forests burning in W…
Carbon Emissions
Legislative Proposal in Colorado Aims to Tackle Urban Sprawl, a Housing Shortage and Climate Change All at Once
Surveying the loss of homes in wildfires and a half-century of rapid growth, a new measure introduced by the governor and state Democrats promotes sustainable l…
Carbon Emissions
Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species That Takes a Century to Mature?
Heat, drought and an invasive grass are driving wildfires killing the giant saguaros in Arizona, raising concerns about how the cactus will recover without huma…
Carbon Emissions
Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021
Boreal forests store huge amounts of carbon, but the warming and drying climate is leading them to burn bigger, hotter and more frequently.
Carbon Emissions
Global Warming Could Lead To Increase in ‘Hot Lightning’ Strikes Causing More Wildfires
A combined team of Earth scientists from multiple institutions has found evidence that suggests that in the coming years, a warming planet could lead to more "h…

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Wildfires

Fire at Moss Landing Could Turn Back the Clock on Battery Storage in California

Edison Says It Found No Issues on Lines Near Eaton Fire in LA

Edison International Energy Firm Is Being Investigated for Possible Link to One of the LA Wildfires

Los Angeles-Area Wildfires Could Impact Gas Line to Southern Nevada

North Dakota Crude Output Cut by 520,000 B/D After October Wildfires

PG&E Cuts Power to California Customers As Wildfire Risk Builds

California Faces Risk of Power Cuts With Winds Boosting Fire Threat

Teck Third-Quarter Coal Sales Fall Below Guidance

Wildfires Knocked Out Power to an Entire County. A Microgrid of Generators Brought It Back

Solar-Plus-Storage Microgrids Minimize Power Shutoffs during Wildfires

Fossil Fuel Companies and Cement Manufacturers Could Be to Blame for a More Than a Third of West’s Wildfires

Legislative Proposal in Colorado Aims to Tackle Urban Sprawl, a Housing Shortage and Climate Change All at Once

Climate Change Wiped Out Thousands of the West’s Most Iconic Cactus. Can Planting More Help a Species That Takes a Century to Mature?

Wildfires in Northern Forests Broke Carbon Emissions Records in 2021

Global Warming Could Lead To Increase in ‘Hot Lightning’ Strikes Causing More Wildfires