Is Climate Change Making Australia's Bushfires Worse?
Maybe. Here's the evidence we have so far.
Wildfires
California's Power Outages Are Making Gov. Gavin Newsom Resemble Recalled Gov. Gray Davis
That's not the comparison you want if you're a California governor. Newsom should spend more time dealing with the nuts-and-bolts of government and less time preening for the national stage.
California's Wonky Insurance and Land Use Regulations Make the State's Wildfires Deadlier and More Destructive
The state has made it exceedingly difficult to build in fire-safe cities, while also making insurance rates in high-risk areas artificially cheap.
Forget the Amazon Fires. State-Sanctioned Deforestation Is the Bigger Problem.
Environmental commons like the Amazon rain forest are vulnerable to shifts in the fickle winds of politics.
Don't Panic: Amazon Burning Is Mostly Farms, Not Forests
Problematic deforestation continues, but the "lungs of the earth" are still breathing.
California Follows the Disastrous Flood Insurance Path to Fire Insurance Fiasco
If market-rate wildfire insurance is too expensive for homeowners, maybe that's telling us something about the risks of living amidst pretty tinder.
The Case Against the Case for Federal Land Management
A new book throws red meat to "public land advocates," but its arguments leave a lot to be desired.
