by faster | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: High Country News DATE: June 13, 2019 SNIP: Between the town of Elko, Nevada, and the Idaho border stretches some of the most remote land in the Lower 48, rolling hills and arid basins as far as the eye can see. Last July, this section of the Owyhee Desert was...
by faster | Apr 26, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: International Association of Fire and Rescue Services DATE: April 24, 2019 SNIP: A large forest fire currently rages in southern Norway and almost 400 people have been asked to leave their homes. Sweden is also battling wildfires from North to South, and...
by faster | Nov 26, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: TruthDig DATE: November 26, 2018 SNIP: The incredibly destructive Woolsey Fire in southern California has burned nearly 100,000 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, killed three people, destroyed more than 400 structures, and at the time of this writing,...
by faster | Nov 17, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: CBC DATE: November 17, 2018 SNIP: Last year, 12,812 hectares of B.C. forest was sprayed with the herbicide glyphosate. It’s an annual event — a mass extermination of broadleaf trees mandated by the province. The eradication of trees like aspen and birch...
by faster | Aug 22, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Vox DATE: August 22, 2018 SNIP: Ash and smoke are choking Seattle’s air for the second week in a row, as wildfires smolder in the Cascades and in British Columbia. The air quality in Seattle this week has been worse than in Beijing, one of the world’s most...