Wildfires

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…
Carbon Emissions
Wildfire Smoke May Worsen Extreme Blazes Near Some Coasts, According to New Research
Smoke from Southern California wildfires moves towards the Pacific Ocean, creating spectacular dark skies as a local on Oxnard Shores Beach California captures …
Smart Home Solutions Providing Much Needed Resilience
In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptab…
Microgrid
What Does a Joe Biden Presidency Mean for Microgrids?
Microgrids, already growing in demand because of wildfires, hurricanes, the pandemic and energy equity issues, are likely to soon experience another boost — th…
Nuclear Power Plant
Three New Wildfires Break out Near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant
Three new wildfires have broken out in the radiation-contaminated evacuation zone around the wrecked Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
Signs Show We've Passed a Global Warming Tipping Point In Australia's Burning Forests
As extreme wildfires burn across large swaths of Australia, scientists say we're witnessing how global warming can push forest ecosystems past a point of no ret…

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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

Wildfire Smoke May Worsen Extreme Blazes Near Some Coasts, According to New Research

Smart Home Solutions Providing Much Needed Resilience

What Does a Joe Biden Presidency Mean for Microgrids?

Three New Wildfires Break out Near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

Signs Show We've Passed a Global Warming Tipping Point In Australia's Burning Forests