Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2021

In the American West , wildfires can damage urban water supplies for years after flames die out. We’re really removed from the 2020 wildfire season. The New York Times reports that the impact wildfire has on urban water supplies can last for years after the fire is put out. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

In Recent Water News. As the nation prepares to pour hundreds of billions of federal dollars into rescuing water systems, the Great Lakes News Collaborative investigates the true cost of water in Michigan. Wildfire Season Begins Early, More Than Half of U.S. More Drought News: . More Water News. in Drought.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 2, 2022

House of Representatives passes a wildfire and drought package to address declining water levels and dry conditions. The city’s main water source, the Gallinas River, is contaminated with debris and ash from the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak fire, the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. WILDFIRE AND DROUGHT LEGISLATION .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 7, 2023

Far too many people don’t have insurance against damage caused by flooding, wildfires, and intensifying storms, either because they are not aware of the risk they face, or because they cannot afford insurance. Wildfire insurance is delivered mainly through private homeowner’s insurance. In the U.S.,

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Earthava

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This isn’t just what we receive from news reports or scientific research, either. There are aspects of drought, wildfires, Read More » Every day there appears to be fresh evidence of the inevitability of irreversible environmental damage or alteration.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In June, as the Held case was going to trial, a thick haze of smoke from Canadian wildfires blanketed cities as far away as New York and Washington D.C. The smoke-filled skies from near-constant summer wildfires forced Olivia, then 16 years old, to stay inside during the summer. Everyone has been talking about Held.

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Frontiers

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Scientists investigated whether environmental hazards put people off moving to regions at risk and found that heatwaves and hurricanes deter newcomers, but wildfires don’t. But the team found that despite the death toll, more people are moving to areas in the United States that are at serious risk of wildfires. Image/Shutterstock.com.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 3, 2024

The good news is we know what needs to be done. In areas where both climate-adaptive practices of thinning and prescribed burning had previously been done, most of the Ponderosas survived the wildfire. Efforts to thin and burn prior to the wildfire made fire-fighting efforts more successful and safer to implement.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

Read Dry: A Weekly Western Drought Digest , your go-to news brief on the drying American West. New research suggests counties with moderate-to-high wildfire risk are more likely to be counties with higher poverty rates. Almost one-fifth of active wildfires last month were in western states.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2024

. -- 108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- We’re Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA (..)

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. Had it passed, this would have established a trust fund for electric vehicle infrastructure and wildfire prevention, with the money coming from higher taxes on household incomes above $2 million a year. Transcript.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Climate scientists at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have dubbed the six-month stretch from May through October “ Danger Season ” because of the confluence of extreme weather—record heat, raging wildfires, severe storms, and flooding—that is putting people at risk around the world. Extreme weather brings new threats.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 6, 2021

In the American West, drought and wildfire are threatening California’s power grid and Nestle will continue bottling water in a drought-stricken Colorado county. Drought in Hawaii results in the state’s largest wildfire on record. New technologies in places like Madagascar and Brazil, however, are detecting droughts before they occur.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 19, 2022

A GAO report finds that states are slow to distribute federal funds after hurricanes and wildfires that occurred as much as five years ago. News Briefs. States that received tens of billions in federal funds to help homeowners rebuild after wildfires and hurricanes in 2017 and 2018 have been slow to distribute the money.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 10, 2023

Welcome to “What’s Up With Water” – your need-to-know news of the world’s water from Circle of Blue. Towns in Kentucky were without water for days, according to the news station WYMT. But even with the storms, the state has a long-term water supply problem, shown in a new study based on satellite data. Transcript.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 24, 2023

The National Interagency Fire Center publishes a three-month wildfire outlook. News Briefs Chesapeake Bay Pollution Proposed Settlement The U.S. Studies and Reports Wildfire Risk Outlook The National Interagency Fire Center published its three-month wildfire outlook for North America. government water policy.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 16, 2021

In the American West , historic irrigation canals in New Mexico are running dry, while wildfires and drought are threatening traditional hunting and fishing practices among Native American communities in the Pacific Northwest. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. As a result, the growing season in many parts of New Mexico has been cut in half.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 22, 2023

Federal agencies update their seasonal wildfire outlook. Billion : Funding available for a new Army Corps program to provide low-interest loans for dam safety improvements at dams that are not owned by the federal government. To get more water news, follow Circle of Blue on Twitter and sign up for our newsletter.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

Wildfires are raging across France as the country suffers through its worst drought on record. . Climate adaptation is severely underfunded in Africa , according to a new report. Wildfires across France burned more than 7,000 hectares of forest last week. More Water News. Photo from August 12, 2022. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2022

Danger season in the United States is the time of year between roughly May and October when a number of climate-related hazards, including heatwaves, floods, wildfires, and hurricanes, tend to occur—at times simultaneously or back-to-back. The combination of warm temperatures, very low humidity, and strong winds can increase wildfire risk.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Read the full story in Science News. When smoke rises from wildfires in the western United States, it pummels clouds with tiny airborne particles. But during the 2018 wildfire season, researchers embarked on a series of seven research flights, including over the Pacific Northwest, to… Read more →

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Drought, floods, and wildfires are destroying the crops of Turkish farmers. Aside from devastating drought in provinces like Diyarbakir, Turkey was also hit by flash floods in the Black Sea region, and massive wildfires tore through southern regions last summer. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. ON THE RADAR.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 2, 2022

Read the full story at Inside Climate News. A pilot program in California is offering tools and emergency response training to caregivers, who often find themselves on the front lines of wildfires, hurricanes or other natural disasters.

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APRIL 27, 2022

researchers study the impact wildfires have on state water supplies. In Recent Water News. Researchers in the United States are studying the impact wildfires have on water supplies. More Water News. Officials in England report record-high numbers of water pollution violations from the nation’s farms. On the Radar.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 26, 2023

by Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Mojtaba Sadegh, Boise State University As wildfire risk rises in the West, wildland firefighters and officials are keeping a closer eye on the high mountains – regions once considered too wet to burn.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 18, 2022

In Recent Water News. Five Fixes for Michigan’s Drinking Water Woes – The Great Lakes News Collaborative asked state and national experts how Michigan could break the cycle of underfunding and poor decision-making that has left water systems across Michigan in sorry shape. More Water News. On the Radar.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

. – Don Myron, a resident of Santiam Canyon, Oregon who survived the Labor Day wildfires in 2020. In the American West, drought increases the concentration of pollutants in well water, and wildfires can damage well equipment and piping, allowing toxic chemicals to mix with supplies. In Recent Water News. More Water News.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 5, 2021

A firefighter tries to extinguish a wildfire near Marmaris in Turkey. In a summer dominated by extreme weather events, Turkey has become the latest country to feel the force of nature, as wildfires on the country’s south eastern coast are burning on their tenth day. The wildfires started last week with more than 70 separate fires.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

government’s new environmental improvement plan will seek to ensure each home is within a 15-minute walk to green space or water. Induced in part by a decade-long megadrought, historic wildfires sweep through Chile’s forests. Hinman Glacier, in Washington state , has completely melted. The effects are not only ecological.

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Breezometer

JANUARY 26, 2022

Climate change experts predict drastic changes in the next decades: Wildfires - An increase of 1° Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) in mean summer temperature raises the risk of California wildfires by 19-22%, and increases the burn area by 22-25%. By the 2040s, wildfire numbers could increase by 32% and burn area by 33%.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

I don’t think this will be news to anyone, but kind of a lot has happened over the past five years. Grid reliability challenges have been on the rise, including incidents where wildfires knock out power lines. This is especially true of my all-time favorite topic: California’s power grid.

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Environmental News Bits

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Read the full story at Nexus News Media. Disasters like hurricanes and wildfires are increasingly expensive; so far this year, extreme weather has cost insurers $40 billion, the third highest amount of losses on record. Insurance … Continue reading Insurers invest in fossil fuels at homeowners’ expense

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 29, 2022

More Drought News: . New modeling tools could help scientists predict rainfall and the severity of wildfires up to a year in advance. . The research aims to discover new solutions to climate-induced heavy rains that continuously decimate farms around the world. More Water News. MILLION CHILDREN .

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In the American West , the long-term impacts of wildfires threaten water supplies and California’s second-largest reservoir reaches record lows. A new report reveals inequality in water infrastructure investment in the United States. IN RECENT WATER NEWS. Lasting Impacts of Wildfires Threaten Western Water Supplies.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

IN RECENT WATER NEWS. This piece is part of a collaboration that includes the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), California Health Report, Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism, Circle of Blue, Colorado Public Radio, Columbia Insight, The Counter, High Country News, New Mexico In Depth and SJV Water.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 1, 2021

By Sunny Wang, University of Washington News Lab. The Nature Conservancy is working on a new and creative forest restoration project on Cle Elum Ridge, called the “How Go Unit ,” within the Central Cascades Forest. However, fire suppression and exclusion over the last century have made forests dense and susceptible to wildfire.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 2, 2022

More Russia-Ukraine News: Russian forces restored water flow to a canal linking Ukraine to the Russian-annexed Crimea. In Recent Water News. More Water News. Across the American West , a new study says wildfires can temporarily increase streamflow. Right now, the city only has the capacity to deliver 935 MGD.

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