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Top-tier management team assigned to New Mexico wildfire

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OTERO, N.M. — A top-tier management team and additional tankers and ground crews have been assigned to a wildfire burning in the Sacramento Mountains...

Largest firefighting plane may be sold for COVID-19 response

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DENVER — As Western states prepare for this year’s wildfire season, the world’s largest firefighting plane has been grounded and could be converted to...

Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles

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NEW YORK — If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden's goal of cutting America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end...

Wildfire in Northern Ireland declared a ‘major incident’

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LONDON — Firefighters in Northern Ireland are spending a second day batting fires across difficult terrain on the Mourne Mountains. ...

Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California

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BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest...

Wildfire-fighting plane is shut down as fire season begins

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DENVER — The world’s largest firefighting plane has been shut down just as Western states prepare for a wildfire season that fire officials fear...

As extreme weather increases, climate misinformation adapts

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Climate scientists have warned for years that a warming planet would cause more extreme storms, like the one that walloped...

Cape Town wildfire: About 90% of blaze now contained

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape Town's Table Mountain...

Trails reopened after fire at Indiana Dunes National Park

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GARY, Ind. — Trails have reopened following a wildfire at Indiana Dunes National Park in the northwestern part of the state. ...

Wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park triples in size

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MEDORA, N.D. — Firefighters worked Monday to further contain a wildfire in Theodore Roosevelt National Park that tripled in size on Easter, according to...