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Penn State expert offers advice on learning to live with wildfires

Wildfires in Canada are breaking records this year, and one effect has been days of haze and unhealthy air in Pennsylvania. WPSU spoke with Erica Smithwick, a fire ecology expert and distinguished professor of geography at Penn State, about the fires and what role climate change is playing.
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The return of ‘good fire’ to eastern U.S. forests and grasslands
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The return of ‘good fire’ to eastern U.S. forests and grasslands

Advocates say controlled burns are a critical solution to a range of problems, from biodiversity loss to wildfire risk to climate change. But they must overcome government regulations and a long-held view of fire as unnatural and threatening.

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Have wildfires ruined California's magic?
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Have wildfires ruined California's magic?

The honeymoon’s over for its residents now that wildfires are almost constant. Has living in this natural wonderland lost its magic?
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Why Forest Service Chief Randy Moore has hope for America’s forests

Moore, who has been with the Forest Service for 43 years, the last 14 of them in California, seems sanguine about the future of forests and fire-prone towns — if Congress passes an infrastructure package with funding for fire prevention work.

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West’s wildfire infernos
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The West’s infernos are melting our sense of how fire works

42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules.
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What the photos of wildfires and smoke don't show you
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What the photos of wildfires and smoke don't show you

The West will need “good fire” — controlled, managed fire that balances the ecosystem — to stave off deadly, out-of-control fire. We need to know what that looks like.
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women wildland fire hotshot crews

The first women on hotshot crews

One wildland firefighter interviews some of the trailblazers who came before her on the fires and shifts they'll never forget and the policies they changed for the women who came after them.

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Airplane dropping fire retardant on a wildfire with homes on a hillside in the background.

Firefighting chemical raises concerns about environmental toxicity

3D image of a solar powered battery pack.

Massive battery project rises on former coal mine in Scotland

Industrial robot producing solar panels.

U.S. ramps up solar and battery manufacturing but lags in key components

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Trump's advisers push to reshape U.S. climate report

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Op-ed: The real scam — rail against renewables, run away with factories

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Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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Protest poster with the words 'you'll die of old age we'll die of climate change.'

Climate shifts in 2025 could reshape global action