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    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      Climate change
      Wildfires in boreal forests release record levels of carbon, satellite study shows

      Burning trees across Eurasia and North America emitted 1.76bn tonnes of CO₂ in 2021

    • Wednesday, 10 August, 2022
      The Big Read
      Wildfire season: How to stop California burning

      In the Napa Valley, private groups and local businesses are doing what they can to mitigate fire risk

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      Climate change
      Climate graphic of the week: US heat and drought coincide with historic climate bill

      Soil dryness helps fuel rising temperatures in the normally temperate Pacific Northwest

    • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
      Lex
      Carbon counter: the cost of wildfires Premium content

      If nature has an economic value, then wildfires linked to climate change must have an economic cost.

    • Friday, 22 July, 2022
      The Big Read
      Can cities adapt to an era of extreme heat?

      Urban centres across Europe are seeking solutions as record summer temperatures threaten to become an annual event

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      News in-depth
      Wildfires rage across Portugal as intense heatwave grips Europe

      Dangerous blazes are becoming more common as climate change brings winter droughts and very hot summers

    • Saturday, 9 July, 2022
      Climate graphic of the week: Dry, hot Europe fuels 2022 fire season

      Large parts of the continent measure low levels of soil moisture as temperatures reach 1.6C above average in June

    • Wednesday, 15 June, 2022
      InterviewGreece
      Greece’s first climate crisis minister prepares for summer heatwave

      Christos Stylianides is stepping up efforts to combat wildfires in the wake of last year’s devastating blazes

    • Friday, 17 December, 2021
      Climate change
      California hit by record rain and heavy snow months after severe fires

      Storm system causes mudslides and prompts evacuations in the south of US’s most populous state

    • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
      Union Pacific Corp
      Wildfires and ‘violent’ weather leave railroad giant facing $100m bill

      Union Pacific chief says ‘climate change looks quite real to us’ as company forced to rebuild bridges

    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Europe seeks solutions as it grapples with catastrophic wildfires

      Dealing with climate change will require modifications to the way people live and how land is used

    • Friday, 13 August, 2021
      Climate change
      California struggles to control fire devastation wrought by global warming

      Dixie wildfire has already scorched 2,065 sq km of land and is only 30% contained

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      News in-depthClimate Capital
      ‘Year-long fire season’ stalks California’s Paradise

      After the state’s deadliest blaze, firefighters are using a new modelling system to tackle wildfires

    • Friday, 2 July, 2021
      Climate change
      ‘Like someone throwing fire on your face’: heatwave engulfs Pacific Northwest and Canada

      Much of North America is enduring record high temperatures as questions arise over society’s preparedness for extreme weather

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      Legal services
      Legal collaboration led to PG&E deal for victims of wildfires

      Payout result was possible thanks to creative thinking in the utility bankruptcy. Plus: case studies show the changing practice of law

    • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
      Climate change
      Wildfires, hurricanes and vanishing sea ice: the climate crisis is here

      Scientists warn extreme, weather-related events around the world show the economic and social costs of a warming planet

    • Wednesday, 16 September, 2020
      California governor’s deft dance with Trump as wildfires rage

      Democrat Gavin Newsom employs ‘cunning’ strategy to manage relations with White House over crisis

    • Tuesday, 15 September, 2020
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      US wildfires reveal partisan divide on climate

      It is in the Republican party’s interests to embrace a green agenda

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      Trump questions role of climate change in West Coast wildfires

      President insists world ‘will start getting cooler’ after Biden calls him ‘climate arsonist’

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      Google LLC
      Google pledges to be carbon free as fires engulf California

      Big Tech groups respond to pressure from employees concerned about climate change

    • Monday, 14 September, 2020
      Climate change
      Wildfires shine harsh light on US climate change divide

      Trump and Biden stake out starkly different positions on what has caused conflagrations in the west

    • Sunday, 13 September, 2020
      Donald Trump set to visit California as fires rage

      Death toll reaches 20 across western US as firefighters warn of the risk of resurgence

    • Saturday, 12 September, 2020
      Firefighters look to weather for respite from raging US wildfires

      The record-breaking conflagration has devoured millions of acres in the west

    • Friday, 11 September, 2020
      Worst US wildfires on record ravage the west coast

      Oregon fights 16 separate fires including three burning 440,000 acres near Portland

    • Thursday, 10 September, 2020
      California wildfires wreak havoc as smoke chokes the air

      In pictures: San Francisco residents suffer second day of eerie skies as deadly blazes sweep the US west coast

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