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Brazil's president U-turns position and sends army to help put out huge Amazon wildfires
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro has bowed to international pressure and sent in the military to battle huge blazes sweeping across the Amazon, after G7 leaders meeting in Biarritz threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America. Amid a global chorus of concern and condemnation, Mr Bolsonaro pledged to mobilise the army to help combat the fires, while his administration launched a diplomatic charm offensive to try to build bridges overseas.
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The Arctic is on fire
More than 100 intense 'unprecedented' wildfires have ravaged the Arctic since June
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Smoke on the Water: What We Can Learn 50 Years After Cleveland's Apocalyptic Burning River
In June 1969, a fire on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River—the last in a series of big blazes spanning decades—spurred the government to make sweeping environmental changes that altered the course of the country. By Vince Guerrieri.
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‘If we don’t burn it, nature will’: Georgia blazes old fears, leads nation in prescribed fire
In the face of more intense and frequent wildfires, federal land managers consider adopting burning practices the Southeast has been successfully using for decades. By Maya Miller, Samantha Max.
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Danger subsiding after B.C. properties threatened by several weekend wildfires
The BC Wildfire Service has come through its busiest period of the young 2019 wildfire season, responding to several blazes, including one that prompted an evacuation order west of Prince George.
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As deadly flames approached, a mother called her daughters to say goodbye
The group takes a selfie, dubbing it their last photo together. The house next door is on fire. By Corina Knoll.
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Rich People Pay for Private Firefighters While the Rest of Us Burn
At least 44 people have been killed in California a result of the wildfires that have burned more than 100,000 acres of land in the state. The most vulnerable populations, including the elderly and people with disabilities, are at the highest risk of perishing in the fires, which were made more likely by climate change that exacerbated dryness and tinder availability in fire-prone areas.
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Rich People Pay for Private Firefighters While the Rest of Us Burn
Insurance companies offer exclusive firefighting services for high-paying clients that can help them mitigate the worst consequences of wildfire disasters. Most other people aren’t so lucky. By Caroline Haskins.
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What Happened At The Santa Susana Nuclear Site During The Woolsey Fire?
The site is riddled with radioactive waste and toxic compounds. Where does it all go during a fire? By Elina Shatkin
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The Day the Great Plains Burned
Alerts had been going out for weeks that conditions in Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas were perfect for wildfires. On March 6, 2017, the prairie went up in flames. By Ian Frazier.
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Entire cities evacuate as hellish wildfires whip through California
A trio of rapidly expanding wildfires are devastating the Golden State. By Eric Holthaus.
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Climate change and wildfires – how do we know if there is a link?
With California suffering another devastating wildfire year, more people are wondering about whether and how global warming is contributing. A climate scientist explains. By Kevin Trenberth.
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An Account of My Hut
The weekend before the fires I attended a grief workshop sponsored by the climate change group. They told us grief processed on one’s own turns to despair, but grief processed communally becomes medicine. Now that we knew the reality of climate change, we would grieve the Earth. That way grief wouldn’t hold us back when it was time to mobilize. To prepare us, they drew two circles on the board. Your Comfort Zone was written inside one circle. In the second circle, some distance from the first, they wrote, Where the Magic Happens. By Christina Nichol.
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As huge wildfire spreads southwest of Berlin, crews are hindered by buried WWII ammo
A wildfire the size of more than 500 soccer fields spread southwest of the German capital on Friday, leading to the evacuation of three villages. Efforts to extinguish the flames were complicated by old ammunition from World War II that is still buried in the forests around Berlin and could explode in the fire.
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Wildfires rage in the Algarve – in pictures
More than 1,000 firefighters are battling blazes for a seventh day in the popular tourist area in Portugal. Extremely high temperatures have been blamed for sparking the wildfires. By Joanna Ruck.
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Eight images that reveal scale of California devastation
Aerial photos of damage caused by the Carr wildfire near Redding, California.
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The Most Worrying Wildfires Burning in the U.S. Right Now
With more than 50 active wildfires burning across the American West, this summer is off to a fiery start. By Emily Moon.
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