• People

Biden Raises Firefighter Pay, Plans for Wildfires With Western Governors

• California wildfires
• Firefighters
• President Biden
• wildfires

On Wednesday, President Biden convened a virtual meeting with governors from Western states to discuss ways to withstand this year’s devastating wildfire season (which is already very much underway in California).  In this meeting, Biden introduced a short-term pay raise for federal firefighters, alongside other longer-term improvements for wildfire prevention and risk mitigation efforts, setting […]

• Politics

The Biden Campaign’s Closing Argument on Climate Change

• climate change
• famers
• Firefighters
• Joe Biden
• ocean

Climate Change became a major issue in the 2020 Presidential campaign.  Watch these Joe Biden ads and the climate stories they tell.  It will never NOT be an issue again. Jacksonville, FL — Velma and Amirah — Ken Knight Drive Velma and Amirah are lifelong residents of the community around Ken Knight Drive in Jacksonville. […]

• People

Heroes of the Week: Firefighters Fighting Wildfires

• California
• Firefighters
• wildfires

Across the Western United States, but in California especially, firefighters have been working around the clock to help save homes and communities. And while we’ve sometimes gotten pushback that when we portray the folks who are just doing their jobs as heroes–these brave men and women make the difference between life and death. In California, […]

• Land

PG&E Enters Guilty Plea For Starting 2018 CA Fires, Will Pay Out $13.5 B to Victims

• California wildfires
• coronavirus
• COVID-19
• Drought
• Firefighters
• PG&E
• quarantine
• wildfire

Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has agreed to plead guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of unlawfully starting the Camp Fire, according to court documents filed in California on Monday, CNN reported and the company has said it will not appeal. 

Why This Matters:  California and the company agreed to financial terms last Friday under which PG&E agreed to overhaul their board of directors, and now the legal settlement is done as well.

• Air

Massive Explosion at Philly Refinery on Friday, Toxic Gas Release Narrowly Averted

• clean air
• explosion
• Firefighters
• Philadelphia
• refinery
• toxic

A massive explosion at an old oil refinery shook South Philadephia early Friday morning, causing the city to issue orders for nearby residents to shelter in place, and the fire, while controlled, continued to burn into Saturday and will continue until the refinery is able to turn off a valve, according to Philadelphia fire and emergency management officials.