Forests
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EXPLAINER: Around Tahoe, special places await a fire’s fate
SACRAMENTO, Calif. ((DailyNews)) — The Caldor Fire roared over a ridge of the Sierra Nevada as the winds returned this…
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Fires harming California’s efforts to curb climate change
POLLOCK PINES, Calif. ((DailyNews)) — Record-setting blazes raging across Northern California are wiping out forests central to plans to reduce…
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California wildfires destroy homes; winds hamper containment
PLACERVILLE, Calif. ((DailyNews)) — Dry and windy weather dogged firefighters’ efforts to contain destructive fires that are devouring the bone-dry…
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Wildfires rampage in Greek forests, cut large island in half
ATHENS, Greece ((DailyNews)) — Three large wildfires churned across Greece on Saturday, with one threatening whole towns and cutting a…
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Turkey evacuates panicked tourists by boat from wildfires
ISTANBUL ((DailyNews)) — Panicked tourists in Turkey hurried to the seashore to wait for rescue boats Saturday after being told…
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Size of Oregon wildfire underscores vastness of the US West
PORTLAND, Ore. ((DailyNews)) — The monstrous wildfire burning in Oregon has grown to a third the size of Rhode Island…
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Monster wildfire tests years of forest management efforts
PORTLAND, Ore. ((DailyNews)) — Ecologists in a vast region of wetlands and forest in remote Oregon have spent the past…
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Brazil’s Amazon deforestation surged in April after pledges
RIO DE JANEIRO ((DailyNews)) — Preliminary data released Friday signaled deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon in April was the highest for…
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