A Year of Heat and Fire Accelerated the Arctic’s Transformation December 10, 2020 By Eric Roston Back when Donald Perovich, an engineering professor at Dartmouth and member of the MOSAiC Arctic research team, conducted his first...
Plan Released to Reduce Massive Wildfires in US West November 30, 2020 By Keith Ridler BOISE, Idaho — U.S. officials on Friday released an overarching plan for removing or changing vegetation over a huge swath...
Cybersecurity is Top Business Worry in ‘Age of Risk’ – Marsh & McLennan CEO November 17, 2020 By Alwyn Scott Cybersecurity has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new “age of risk,” topping the coronavirus pandemic...
State Farm Pilot Uses Sensors to Detect Wiring Defects That Can Cause Fires November 16, 2020 By Jim Sams State Farm is sending sensors that can detect hazards in electric wiring to 40,000 homeowners in California, Arizona and Texas...
California Wine Country Adapting to Annual Wildfire Threat November 10, 2020 By Daisy Nguyen SAN FRANCISCO — Harvest season in Northern California’s wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and...
Utility Says its Equipment May Have Sparked California Blaze October 28, 2020 By Christopher Weber and Olga R. Rodriguez LOS ANGELES — Southern California Edison said its equipment may have sparked a fast-moving wildfire that forced evacuation orders for...
Big Power Shutoffs in California as Winds Boost Fire Danger October 27, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Amy Taxin SAN FRANCISCO — Large swaths of California had no electricity Monday as utilities tried to prevent the chance of their...
California Girds For Most Dangerous Fire Weather of Year October 26, 2020 By Olga R. Rodriguez and Christopher Weber SAN FRANCISCO — California, which has endured its worst wildfire season in history, is bracing for the most dangerous winds...
California Braces for Most Dangerous Fire Weather of 2020 October 23, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Brian K. Sullivan California is bracing for the most powerful gusts of the 2020 fire season, raising the threat of more blazes and...
PG&E Prioritized Targets Over Reducing Fire Risk, Monitor Says October 21, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. prioritized meeting inspection targets over meaningful reduction of wildfire risk, according to a monitor overseeing the utility’s program...