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'historic' high winds driving NM wildfires
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Calmer weather Thursday gives NM firefighters a chance to gird for 'historic' high winds

Conditions in New Mexico are expected to be exacerbated Saturday through Tuesday by extreme wind, dryness, elevated temperatures and dust.
Western extreme winter wildfires

Could Colorado’s extreme winter wildfires happen in California? ‘Absolutely,’ Cal Fire official says

Cal Fire says that the length of California’s fire season has increased an estimated 75 days across the Sierra, driven mostly by climate change.

UK: National Trust maps out climate threats to historic places
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UK: National Trust maps out climate threats to historic places

The map will help to plan interventions such as tree planting and peat bog restoration.
Forest Service policies &  wildfires severity
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Has the Forest Service been making wildfires worse?

The logging industry has long promoted science suggesting logging suppresses fire. A lot of recent research disagrees.
covid-19 & Mumbai cyclone
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Mumbai braces for its 1st cyclone in over a century

A cyclone in the Arabian Sea was barrelling toward India's business capital Mumbai on Tuesday, threatening an area already struggling with coronavirus infections and deaths.

PG&E pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in deadly Camp Fire
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PG&E pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in deadly Camp Fire

Utility giant PG&E says it will pay $4 million and plead guilty to 85 criminal counts in connection with the 2018 Camp Fire.
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Goat fire brigades are credited with helping to save the Reagan Library from going up in smoke

Goat fire brigades are credited with helping to save the Reagan Library from going up in smoke

The mainly Boer goats have names like Vincent Van Goat and Selena Goatmez and love to eat “noxious weeds and other invasive species that fuel wildfires.”
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