Australian Wildfires Fan Argument Over Impact of Arsonists February 3, 2020 By Rod Mcguirk CANBERRA, Australia — What’s to blame for scores of wildfires devastating Australia’s southeast? There’s an increasingly bitter face-off between those...
PG&E Surges on Plan for Board Overhaul in Bankruptcy Exit February 3, 2020 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. shares jumped after the company outlined plans to overhaul its board of directors, bring in safety experts and...
Wine ‘Smoke Taint’ Disputes Linger 2 Years After Wildfires January 31, 2020 By Tyler Gerking Recent wildfires in California Wine Country, particularly those that devastated parts of Napa and Sonoma counties in October 2017, have...
PG&E Judge Demands Details on Potential Wildfire Payout Conflict January 16, 2020 By Steven Church Time is running out for PG&E Corp. to end the biggest-ever U.S. utility bankruptcy, so the company must set reorganization...
PG&E Tries to Assure Strict Judge It’s Safer on Wildfires January 16, 2020 By Joel Rosenblatt and Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. told a federal judge who has kept the troubled utility under a tight leash that it’s close —...
Forecast Storms Bring Both Relief and New Risks for Fire-stricken Australia January 15, 2020 By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE — Severe storms are expected to bring some relief in the coming days from huge bushfires scorching Australia but...
PG&E Fire Victims Fight FEMA Over Multibillion-Dollar Payout January 10, 2020 By Mark Chediak and Steven Church Victims of wildfires blamed on PG&E Corp.’s power lines and government agencies that provided them disaster relief are tussling over...
Australia Urges 240,000 to Flee as Winds Fan Huge Bushfires January 10, 2020 By Martin Petty and Swati Pandey Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday and prepared military backup as...
Deadly Australia Fires Spur Calls to Mitigate Disaster Risk January 8, 2020 By Emily Cadman As the devastation from Australia’s bushfires widens, the insurance industry is calling for concerted action to mitigate the impact of...
Cooler Weather Helps Quell Wildfires That Left at Least 24 Dead January 7, 2020 By Jason Gale Firefighters are taking advantage of cooler weather to quell southeastern Australia’s wildfires that have killed at least 24 people and...