wildfires

Trump denies reality again, doesn’t ‘think science knows’ if climate change real

September 15, 2020 By Jonathan Lemire, Aamer Madhani, Will Weissert And Ellen Knickmeyer

With the smell of fire in the air, Trump ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos.

California wildfires growing bigger, moving more quickly than ever

September 11, 2020 By Don Thompson

When it comes to California wildfires, it now takes days, not decades, to produce what had been seen as a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence.

Colorado wildfire causes over 1,000 evacuations

July 17, 2020 By Olivia Rosane

Climate change has helped to increase the size and frequency of wildfires in the Western U.S. Of the more than 40,000 fires that burned from Colorado to California.

Australia’s climate change-denying prime minister tries to dodge blame for fires

January 6, 2020 By Morning Star

PM Scott Morrison also faces accusations of “milking” the firefighting effort for political purposes.

Half a billion animals may have been killed by Australia fires

January 3, 2020 By Jake Johnson

"The fires have burned so hot and so fast that there has been significant mortality of animals in the trees, but we will probably never find the bodies."