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Oregon lawmaker proposes changing revised state wildfire risk map to curb anger and rumors
Nearly four years ago, in the aftermath of the state’s most destructive wildfires in history, the Oregon Legislature passed a bipartisan package of wildfire prevention initiatives, including one that ...
Opinion
Opinion: Use kicker now for a lifetime of funding Oregon wildfire protection
Although the state faces the threat of catastrophic wildfire every year, it lacks reliable funding to pay for response and protection, Sen. Jeff Golden writes. The kicker offers an opportunity to ...
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Sen. Golden proposes changing state wildfire map to curb anger and rumors
The Ashland lawmaker wants the map to designate the risk level of broad areas rather than naming the risk of individual ...
Bolan Mountain Lookout: How unlikely trio rebuilt iconic southern Oregon spot after fire
After Bolan Mountain Lookout burned down, the U.S. Forest Service formed an alliance with a trails group to rebuild a popular ...
Forest Service is using threat of wildfires to meet timber targets, documents show
Internal documents show the Forest Service discussing — both internally and with the timber industry — how its legal and ...
Forest Service using the threat of wildfires to meet timber targets
The agency has sought to minimize environmental oversight, and critics say the agency also has become incentivized to cut ...
The Washington Post26d
Costly wildfires imperil utilities accused of causing the spark
Only weeks before the inferno on Maui, the company PacifiCorp was found liable by a jury for sparking deadly Oregon ... 2021 Marshall blaze in Colorado, that state’s most destructive wildfire.
The Desert Sun27d
Power lines and wildfires: Experts say communities can be better protected, at a high cost
It continuously brings enough live current from Oregon's hydroelectric ... share of wildfire-related consequences." Southern California Edison agreed in 2021 to pay $550 million in penalties ...
Business Insider9d
We moved from Iowa to Oregon after floods devastated our hometown. It was a hard move, but we don't regret it.
In 2008, my husband, Adam, and I decided to move to Oregon after ... By September 2021, another year of grape harvests ruined by smoke and people displaced from wildfires south and east of us ...
Sacramento Bee21d
California disbanded state wildfire-fighting team last year. Would it have helped in LA?
The now-disbanded Team Blaze had responded to some of California’s worst wildfires such as the 2021 Dixie Fire ... which broke out the week of Jan. 8. Oregon, Nevada, Mexico and Canada also ...
The Cool Down on MSN17h
Lawmakers battle with utility company after wildfires — here's the latest on the lawsuit and potential rate hikes
"PacifiCorp needs to pay up and take responsibility for the destruction they’ve caused." Lawmakers battle with utility company after wildfires — here's the latest on the lawsuit and potential rate ...
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Los Angeles Doesn't Have Enough Fire Trucks Thanks To Private Equity
Then, however, AIP bought multiple fire-truck manufacturers and rolled ... And the acquisition sprees do not appear to be slowing down: in 2021 and 2022, Oshkosh responded to REV Group’s roll ...