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Congress punts wildfire money decision until fall
2014-08-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Desert Sun: Congress took a five-week summer break without deciding whether to provide $615 million in additional money to fight wildfires this year, punting the debate into the fall. Senate Democrats were unable late Thursday to secure 60 votes to advance a $3.6 billion emergency spending bill for a vote. The bulk of that money was for the Obama administration to handle the influx of unaccompanied minors along the Southwestern border but it also had $615 million for the U.S. Forest Service and the Interior...
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Crews make headway against destructive Northern California wildfire
2014-07-28 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Firefighters began to gain the upper hand on Monday against a Northern California wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and blackened nearly six square miles in the drought-parched foothills east of Sacramento, officials said. Crews had built containment lines around roughly two-thirds of the so-called Sand Fire as of Monday morning, up from only 35 percent on Sunday evening, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said. Some residents who were forced to flee their homes ahead...
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Washington state wildfire claims first fatality, weather improving
2014-07-21 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Cooler weather and lower winds aided firefighters on Monday as they battled a week-old wildfire in Washington state that has destroyed up to 150 homes, scorched a wide swath of wilderness east of the Cascade Mountains and left one person dead. Several miles of containment lines have been put in place around the perimeter of the Carlton Complex Fire, which has burned through 243,000 acres since it was sparked by lightning on July 14, fire officials said. A drop in temperatures on Sunday, with...
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Wildfire smoke lowers Spokane area air quality
2014-07-21 16:43:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
Drifting wildfire smoke has lowered air quality in much of Eastern Washington and parts of northern Idaho.
Crews make progress in calming massive Washington state wildfire
2014-07-20 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A massive wildfire raging east of Washington state's Cascade Mountains showed some sign of calming Sunday, with fire crews saying they had slowed the expansion of a wind-whipped blaze that destroyed about 100 homes and displaced hundreds of people. The Carlton Complex blaze did not grow overnight, the first time since the fire was triggered by lightning strikes six days ago that it showed any sign of abatement, local officials said. By early Sunday, the fire was still burning over 280,000 acres...
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