California: 2020 wildfires wiped out all state reductions in greenhouse gas emissions since 2003

Nearly 20 years’ worth of greenhouse gas emissions reductions by California were erased in 2020 when catastrophic wildfires in the state dumped twice the amount of emissions into the air as had been reduced since 2003, USA Today reports.

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US hit with 15 billion-dollar disasters this year

Hurricane Ian, which has just devastated Florida and Puerto Rico, was the 15th billion-dollar weather and climate disaster to hit the US this year so far, Axios reports. Early estimates of damage from Hurricane Ian show insured losses of $53 billion to…

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Europe Rushes To Save France As Blazes Rage

European nations rushed to save France as miles of parched forest were reduced to smoldering ashes by spreading wildfires amid record drought and heatwaves across Europe.

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France Fights Huge Blaze As Deadly Wildfires And Heat Spread In Europe

France has become the latest European nation to appeal for international help to respond to a massive southwestern wildfire that officials say has already destroyed nearly 7,000 hectares or 17,300 acres of forest. French President Emmanuel Macron said …

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Vicious California wildfire swells a staggering 62 times in size overnight, torching vehicles and homes

Wildfires in California and Montana have spiraled overnight, fuelled by hot and windy conditions and threatening neighborhoods and forcing evacuation orders.

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Rock Slides, Mud Flows, Flash Floods: Drought-Stricken California Pounded by Massive Storm

A massive storm barreled toward Southern California on Monday after flooding highways, toppling trees and causing rock slides and mud flows in areas burned bare by wildfires across the northern half of the state.

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