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Australia: Wildfire forces anti-logging activist from tree after 457-day vigil
2013-03-07 07:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A bushfire has forced an environmental campaigner from the top of a tree following a 457-day vigil to block logging of a stand of old-growth forest in Australia. Miranda Gibson, 31, has been perched 60 meters of an ancient gum tree in southwestern Tasmania since December 14, 2011. From the tree she has led a media campaign using her solar-powered computer to block a Malaysian company from logging the surrounding area. The company, Ta Ann, has been linked to destruction of rainforests in Borneo,...
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Southern California wildfire fully contained
2013-03-03 04:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fire officials on Saturday said they had fully contained a wildfire that scorched the hills east of Los Angeles as record-setting dry weather parched Southern California. The fire has burned about 310 acres in Riverside County, said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It was fully contained by 6 p.m. local time, the Riverside County Fire Department said on its website. The blaze broke out on Thursday afternoon in Jurupa Valley near the...
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Firefighters contain 80 percent of Southern California wildfire
2013-03-02 20:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Fire officials on Saturday said they had contained 80 percent of a wildfire that scorched the hills east of Los Angeles as record-setting dry weather parched Southern California. About 310 acres in Riverside County have been burned by the wildfire, said Daniel Berlant, spokesman for the State of California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The flames were still raging at midday but the wildfire was expected to be fully contained by evening, state and local fire officials said. No injuries...
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Government Policy Hampers Wildfire Recovery
2013-02-25 16:54:00| Beef
Heather Smith Thomas While the dry conditions and wildfires of summer 2012 are now in the memory books for western ranchers, the devastating aftermath continues, especially in regions where ranchers depend on public lands grazing. read more
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Australia braces for "catastrophic" wildfire day
2013-01-09 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australia was bracing on Monday for days of "catastrophic" fire and heatwave conditions, with fires already burning in five states and as a search continued for people missing after devastating wildfires in the island state of Tasmania. Prime Minister Julia Gillard toured fire-ravaged Tasmanian townships and promised emergency aid for survivors, who told of a "fireball" that engulfed communities across the thinly-populated state on Friday and Saturday. "The trees just exploded," local man Ashley...
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