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Environment News tagged with wildfires

Wildfire Shuts Down Part of Yellowstone's Main Road
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction, wildfires, yellowstone, habitatdestruction, conservation, protection )

Dee
- 90 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- A 9,000-acre wildfire burning in Yellowstone National Park has forced the partial closure of the main road that encircles the park.
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California Continues to Burn...Hell Right Here on Earth
Environment  (tags: california, los angeles, wildfires, acton, animals, wildlife, homes destroyed )

Marion
- 117 days ago - bit.ly
Trying to stay centered as fires rage all around California. The Acton fire is about 1 hour's drive away from me. The sky is eerie black with ash. 76 homes burned, 2 firefighters dead, thousands of homes threatened.
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Fire Moves Toward Acton as Officials Hope for Lower Temperatures [Updated]
Environment  (tags: wildfires, homes, environment, nature, destruction )

Lone
- 119 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Weary firefighters were hoping for slightly cooler weather and more resources today as they battled a fire in the Angeles National Forest that had burned more than 20,000 acres and threatens 10,000 homes.
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10,000 Homes Threatened in Los Angeles Fires
Environment  (tags: environment, wildfires, LA, habitat, protection, nature, wildlife, humans )

Cher
- 120 days ago - enn.com
The unstoppable Angeles National Forest fire threatened 10,000 homes Saturday night as it more than tripled in size and chewed through a rapidly widening swath of the Crescenta Valley, where flames closed in on backyards and at least 1,000 homes were
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Fire Crews Battling to Save Hundreds of Homes as Wildfires Rage in Southern California
Environment  (tags: wildfires, destruction, evacuations, homes )

Lone
- 122 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
Fire crews were battling to save hundreds of homes that were threatened by two wildfires burning in dry, explosive brush near La Cañada Flintridge and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
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California Declares Emergency as Wildfires Spread
Environment  (tags: wildfires, destruction, winds, out of control, trees )

Lone
- 134 days ago - nydailynews.com
In the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Lockheed Fire has blackened close to 8 square miles of remote wilderness and prompted mandatory evacuations of the mountain communities of Swanton and Bonny Doon, which have about 2,400 residents and
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Sign Petition: Ask the EPA to Acknowledge the Truth About Global Warming
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 216 days ago - change.org
Global warming is the single greatest threat to wildlife, not to mention our children's future. At last, the Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to formally declare that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to our public health and welfare.
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Sign Petition: Urge the Obama Administration to Actively Support Climate Legislation
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 222 days ago - secure3.convio.net
The Union of Concerned Scientists released the Climate 2030 Blueprint, a peer-reviewed study showing that the United States can dramatically cut global warming pollution while saving American households and businesses billions of dollars in energy costs.
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Sign Petition: Make Polluters Pay for ALL Carbon Credits
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 222 days ago - act.truemajorityaction.org
Instead of making polluters pay for messing up our climate like the President asked, House Democrats are now proposing to give the biggest polluters in the country free credits to keep fouling our atmosphere. Use this page to tell Congress that's not OK.
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California Wildfire Destroys 20 Homes at the Sea
Environment  (tags: environment, California, wildfires, dry brush, destruction, investigation )

Dee
- 234 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An out-of-control, wind-driven wildfire bore down on Santa Barbara on Wednesday, destroying some 20 homes in the rugged central California foothills, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate and injuring three firefighters.
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Take Action: Tell Congress to Pass Tough Global Warming Legislation!
Environment  (tags: environment, animals, habitat, species, endangered, climate change, wildlife, ocean, polar bears, whales, humans, global warming, arctic, malaria, disease, floods, drought, wildfires, hurricanes, starvation, pollution )

Tom
- 277 days ago - nrdconline.org
Global warming threatens to trigger the irreversible melting of the Greenland ice sheet, a 20-foot rise in sea levels and the extinction of countless wildlife species, including the polar bear. Tell Congress to avert a global warming catastrophe.
44 comments
Ecologists Deploy Wireless Sensors for Early Detection of Wildfires
Environment  (tags: habitatdestruction, environment, wildfires )

Michael
- 517 days ago - sciencedaily.com
New fire-sensing devices can spot a fire in its earliest stages, up to six miles away, and they can relay the information to emergency responders through a computer network and even automatically alert people living in homes nearby.
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As Fire Nears Big Sur, Residents and Beasts Flee - EarthLink - U.S. News
Environment  (tags: nature, humans, habitatdestruction, habitat, protection, wildfires, endangered, ecosystems, conservation, destruction, environment, weather, wildlife, suffering, trees, forests, oceans, energy )

Thunderr
- 541 days ago - enews.earthlink.net
Piles of charred rubble smoldered near California's scenic coastal highway Thursday as a ferocious wildfire descended on the storied tourist town of Big Sur.So much forest has burned near Big Sur that animals have been forced out of their habitat and onto
7 comments
San Diego Lacks a County Fire Department
Environment  (tags: wildfires )

Kristi
- 791 days ago - latimes.com
the city of San Diego has a fire department, the county doesn't, leaving many suburban and rural areas to rely on volunteer departments. The city has but one firefighting helicopter and just 975 firefighters for 330 square miles and 1.3 million residents.
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Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour Trailer   video
Environment  (tags: climate, destruction, ClimateChange, ecosystems, endangered, habitatdestruction, globalwarming, pollution, protection, water, wildfires, weather, Sustainabililty, oceans, research )

Echo
- 791 days ago - youtube.com
The 11th Hour is a new documentary from Leonardo DiCaprio about the state of humanity and the world. Join the action at www.11thhouraction.com Film site: www.11thhourfilm.com
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