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California Wildfires Will Continue to Intensify With Climate Change
Brenda Ekwurzel discusses more.
Wealth Can’t Protect Environmentally Ravaged Silicon Valley From Climate Change
The tech empire’s power and money are no match for the fierce drought and wildfires exacerbated by urban sprawl.
May 2018 Broke Thousands of Temperature Records Across the US
With hurricanes gaining in intensity, a scientist is proposing a new Category 6 for the future.
Climate Change Meets Mass Incarceration: California’s Incarcerated Firefighters
Prisoners fight fires for low wages.
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How Three Generations Experienced Segregated American Education
The US education system is a system of apartheid.
Immigrants Fleeing California Wildfires Find No Sanctuary, Fearing Deportation and Avoiding Shelters
Many of the area's 20,000 undocumented immigrants have had no sanctuary from the flames.
Scientist Daniel Swain on “Unprecedented Climate Conditions” Contributing to Deadly California Wildfires
Uncontrollable wildfires are taking lives and destroying homes in California.
As Deadly Wildfires Rage in California, a Look at How Global Warming Fuels Decades of Forest Fires
In California, powerful winds and bone-dry conditions are fueling massive wildfires.
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“An Inferno Like You’ve Never Seen”: Deadly Wildfires Ravage California
The “unprecedented” fires, fulfilling predictions of climate scientists, have forced tens of thousands from their homes.
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Dahr Jamail | Scientists Warn of “Biological Annihilation” as Warming Reaches Levels Unseen for 115,000 Years
“We're like social primates grooming each other as the environmental lion sneaks up,” says Dr. Thomas Lovejoy.