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Los Angeles Ablaze But Congress Ignores Controlled Burn Law

January 14, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on Los Angeles Ablaze But Congress Ignores Controlled Burn Law

WASHINGTON, DC, January 14, 2025 (ENS) – Amidst far-reaching climatic and political changes, one opportunity for bipartisan environmental restoration has been overlooked. The National Prescribed Fire Act was introduced for the third time in May 2024 by a bipartisan group of legislators to support the preventative fire management technique of controlled burning – setting fires in safe conditions to mitigate the risk of larger, more dangerous wildfires. […]

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Santa Ana Winds Whip Los Angeles Fires: Death Toll: 24

January 8, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on Santa Ana Winds Whip Los Angeles Fires: Death Toll: 24

LOS ANGELES, California, January 12, 2025 (ENS) – Firefighters have made some progress against major wildfires that destroyed parts of Los Angeles, after blazing for five days, causing thousands of terrified residents to evacuate their homes moments ahead of the leaping flames. At least 16 civilians have died, 16 others are missing, and many more have been hurt in the wind-driven fires that spread quickly and are still burning today in some parts of Los Angeles County. […]

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A ‘Critical Moment’ for the Colorado River

May 24, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on A ‘Critical Moment’ for the Colorado River

WASHINGTON, DC, May 23, 2023 (ENS) – The Colorado River flows for 1,450 miles across the western United States, carving the Grand Canyon on the way, and into Mexico, where it once flowed to the Gulf of California. Now, after years of drought and human pressure, the Colorado River just disappears into desert sands. […]

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Cyclone Bomb, Atmospheric River Soak California, Kill Two

January 7, 2023 News Editor Comments Off on Cyclone Bomb, Atmospheric River Soak California, Kill Two

SACRAMENTO, California, January 7, 2023 (ENS) – What the National Weather Service calls an “incessant parade of storms” continues to batter California with heavy rain, damaging winds, and heavy snow. Flooding, rapid river rises, mudslides, and burn scar flash floods or debris flows all are possible in the week ahead, the NWS predicts. […]

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Autonomous Air Taxis Planned for Miami, Los Angeles

April 21, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Autonomous Air Taxis Planned for Miami, Los Angeles

MIAMI, Florida, April 22, 2021 (ENS) – Autonomous air taxis will fly the skies over Miami, Florida by 2024, if plans by California-based Archer Aviation come to fruition. The company’s Miami announcement came a week after Archer executives met with Miami Mayor Francis Suarez […]