Wildfire in the Media

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February 27, 2024

California Legislators Introduce Bills to Enhance Wildfire Safety Measures

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/science/1991580/california-legislators-introduce-bills-to-enhance-wildfire-safety-measures
February 07, 2024

Public utilities fall short on wildfire mitigation, putting residents and shareholders at risk

CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/07/public-utilities-fall-short-on-wildfire-risk-mitigation.html
December 29, 2023

Wildfire smoke this year woke up places unaccustomed to its effects. Now what?

NPR

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/29/1220114166/wildfire-smoke-this-year-woke-up-places-unaccustomed-to-its-effects-now-what
December 21, 2023

New Stanford Research Reveals How Toxic Wildfire Smoke Can Be

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/news/11970558/new-stanford-research-reveals-wildfires-release-toxic-heavy-metals-into-air
November 22, 2023

Burning forests now means fewer mega-fires later. But who's gonna light the match?

Anthropocene Magazine

https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2023/11/burning-forests-now-means-fewer-mega-fires-later-but-whos-gonna-light-the-match/
November 13, 2023

Insurance In California Is Changing. Here's How It May Affect You

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/science/1985175/insurance-in-california-is-changing-heres-how-it-may-affect-you
November 11, 2023

The obscure rule that keeps cities under federal pollution limits

NPR - KQED

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/11/1212467240/the-obscure-rule-that-keeps-cities-under-federal-pollution-limits
November 10, 2023

Controlled burns can provide years of protection against wildfires, new study shows

Grist

https://grist.org/wildfires/controlled-burns-study-california/
November 10, 2023

Controlled burns in California could reduce risk of catastrophic wildfire by 60 percent

The Hill

https://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/4304359-controlled-burns-in-california-could-reduce-risk-of-catastrophic-wildfire-by-60-percent/
November 10, 2023

Stanford Researchers Publish First Paper to Quantify How Much Protection We Get From Beneficial Fires

KQED

https://www.kqed.org/science/1985230/stanford-researchers-publish-first-paper-to-quantify-how-much-protection-we-get-from-beneficial-fires
October 16, 2023

Revealed: how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of Americans

The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/16/epa-local-governments-dont-report-air-pollution-wildfire-smoke-data-across-us
September 20, 2023

The Reach of Wildfire Smoke Is Going Global and Undoing Progress on Clean Air

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/climate/wildfire-smoke-air-pollution.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur
September 20, 2023

Wildfire smoke is eroding decades of air quality improvements, study finds

The Washington Post

https://www-washingtonpost-com.stanford.idm.oclc.org/climate-environment/2023/09/20/america-air-quality-wildfire-smoke-warming-climate/
September 08, 2023

Blackouts Tied to Wildfires Are Spreading Beyond California

Bloomberg Green

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-08/fire-related-power-cuts-spread-outside-california-for-first-time#xj4y7vzkg
August 25, 2023

Hawaii utility faces collapse as others delay on extreme weather risks

The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/25/hawaiian-electric-maui-fires-power-companies/
August 23, 2023

As wildfires multiply, a new era of air pollution

RFI

https://www.rfi.fr/en/business-and-tech/20230822-as-wildfires-multiply-a-new-era-of-air-pollution
July 21, 2023

This is the robot that is scorching California’s fire-prone landscape

San Francisco Chronicle

https://www.sfchronicle.com/weather/article/robot-tech-burn-risk-18189272.php
July 12, 2023

Stanford Experts on Wildfires, Climate Change and Health Impacts | Media Coverage

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
July 06, 2023

Forest composition affects how wildfire plumes carry embers

Billings Gazette

https://billingsgazette.com/outdoors/forest-composition-affects-wildfire-spread-from-embers/article_1f399669-f5bd-5300-b8da-b5ad7e9a73fb.html
June 23, 2023

Stanford Experts on Fire Insurance in California | Media Coverage