La Niña was expected to dissipate, but it could linger through the summer. That’s bad news for drought- and wildfire-prone California.
Alex Wigglesworth
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Biden’s EPA proposes new rule to reduce smog from trucks and other heavy vehicles
The Environmental Protection Agency proposes new cuts to heavy vehicle emissions, targeting those chemicals that produce lung-damaging smog.
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Judge pauses California luxury development over wildfire evacuation concerns
A court has ruled that Lake County failed to properly analyze how a Guenoc Valley development would affect evacuation routes in times of wildfire.
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How to protect yourself amid Omicron variant alarms? Here’s what we know
The California Department of Public Health said “it is only a matter of time before Omicron is detected in the United States. New variants will continue to evolve as long as there are large proportions of unvaccinated people.”
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Omicron variant adds new peril to holiday season in California and beyond
The Omicron variant, first identified in South Africa, has more mutations than any scientists have seen, including some that could make it less susceptible to immunity generated from previous infections or vaccines.
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Climate change is now the main driver of increasing wildfire weather, study finds
New study says climate change is essentially two-thirds to 88% responsible for the conditions driving wildfire woes in the western United States.
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The bold firefighting strategies that saved some of the world’s largest sequoias
Crews have used controlled burns, protective foil and other protective measures to guard Sequoia National Park.
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‘Unprecedented’ Caldor, Dixie fires are the first to burn from one side of the Sierra to the other
“Two times in our history and they’re both happening this month,” one fire official said. “So we need to be really cognizant that there is fire activity happening in California that we have never seen before.”
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Caldor fire burns more than 440 homes as Lake Tahoe air quality ranks among worst in U.S.
More than 17,000 structures remain under threat from the blaze, which was just 5% contained as of Monday. Strong winds helped the fire grow to more than 100,000 acres over the weekend as it pushed closer to South Lake Tahoe.
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As California burns, some ecologists say it’s time to rethink forest management
Logging and thinning trees isn’t stopping wildfires, ecologists say. Focusing on homes can help avert more tragedies like Paradise and Greenville.