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News Release 9/18/14: Portland Fire Marshal Lifts Burn Ban
2014-09-18 21:17:19| PortlandOnline
News Release 9/12/14: Portland Fire Marshal Issues Burn Ban; Red Flag Conditions
2014-09-12 20:56:30| PortlandOnline
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Historic Wildfires Burn Through Canada As Sub-Arctic Forests Heat Up
2014-09-01 20:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Wildfires are taking off in Canada as the country goes through one of its hottest and driest summers in decades. Wildfire activity in the Northwest Territories is more than six times higher than its 25-year average, and as of August 23 a total of 162 wildfires were burning in British Columbia. The latter province has seen 1,269 wildfires so far this year, along with 314,895 hectares of land burned - almost equivalent to 2010, when the province lost 337,149 hectares to various blazes. The fires...
HP recalls 6 million laptop power cords that can pose fire and burn hazards
2014-08-26 21:22:24| InfoWorld: Top News
Hewlett-Packard has recalled more than 6 million laptop power cords that could pose fire and burn hazards. HP is recalling LS-15 AC power cords used with HP and Compaq branded laptops. The company is recalling about 5.6 million power cords in the U.S. and 446,000 units in Canada. [ Cut to the key news for technology development and IT management with the InfoWorld Daily newsletter, our summary of the top tech happenings. ]
Indonesia forests so damaged they burn whether or not there's drought
2014-08-21 03:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Air pollution caused by fires set for land-clearing on Sumatra has become a regularly occurrence in Southeast Asia, spurring hand-wringing in Singapore and Malaysia over health effects and worries among environmentalists over the climate impacts. While these fires are often termed "forest fires", the reality is much of the area that burns each year has already been deforested and today mostly consists of grass, scrub, and remnants of what was once forest. But the impacts are nonetheless very substantial,...
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