Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill State’s Wildfire Risk Map
"This is how misinformation gets accepted as fact."
Source: ProPublica, 08/12/2025
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Coastal Flooding Challenges Cities Around the U.S.
The United States has nearly 100,000 miles of coastline and much of it is at risk of flooding. But what that inundation looks like varies widely from place to place. From storm surges to land subsidence, the latest Backgrounder details the different types of flooding and the threats they pose to coastal communities, especially sea level cities.
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"A Logging Protest In The Treetops Ends In Terror, Activists Say"
"Protesters lived in a tree for 40 days on the Olympic Peninsula to protest logging of older forests." "On the 40th night of the protest, a black Jeep drove up a logging road and stopped near the base of a towering grand fir."
Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2025
Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene
Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.
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"Trump Topples $1 Billion Columbia River Settlement Deal"
"President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the federal government must pull out of a settlement agreement that had halted the long-running legal battle over 14 dams in the Pacific Northwest, reopening a fight over the future of fish populations in the Columbia River Basin."
Source: E&E News, 06/16/2025
"The River That Came Back To Life: A Journey Down The Reborn Klamath"
"Less than a year after four dams were removed from the river, life has blossomed along its banks, presenting new challenges and joys of recovery"
Source: Guardian, 06/11/2025
"US Woman Brings First-Ever Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Big Oil"
"A woman has brought the first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil, claiming fossil fuel companies’ climate negligence caused her mother’s death during a major heatwave."
Source: Guardian, 05/30/2025
Manitoba Declares A State Of Emergency Over Wildfires As Thousands Flee
The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires, and Prime Minister Mark Carney has agreed to send in the military to help. ... The fires have forced 17,000 people across several communities to flee."
Source: AP, 05/29/2025
Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa.
"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"
Source: Guardian, 05/20/2025
Covering Wildfire — Expert Advice on Emerging Issues, Recurring Risks
With wildfires becoming more extreme in every way, reporters covering them face new challenges along with familiar hazards. A pair of experienced wildfire journalists and others on the front lines offer advice on dealing with access restrictions, on-the-ground dangers, toxic exposure risks and traumatized survivors — as climate change speeds up the news cycle and misinformation muddies the reporting landscape.
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