Stories tagged "Fire"

July 14, 2019

Alaska Burns Due to Vicious Heat Wave

By Alexandra Patel Extreme temperatures in Alaska are causing an outbreak of explosive wildfires throughout the state, with Fairbanks, Anchorage experiencing its warmest March to date, as reported recently by Our Daily Planet. Just in the week of July 3rd, more than...

April 18, 2019

Heroes of the Week: The Cathedral Savers

This week the tragic fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral was juxtaposed with the House Resources Committee field hearing on the damage oil and gas drilling is doing to our own priceless American cultural heritage in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.  At Notre Dame, the stories...

March 5, 2019

Australia’s Sizzling Summer of 2019

This summer Australia shattered its heat records, with temperatures nationwide 3.8°F, above the 1961-90 average, according to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).  In a summary put out by the Bureau, they summed it up this way, “Mean and maximum...

January 17, 2019

Trump Quietly Orders More Logging On Federal Lands

President Trump issued an Executive Order late last year directing the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior to increase logging on lands under their agencies’ control by 31% above levels of timber harvest in 2017.  The Washington Post reported that the...

March 22, 2018

Our Daily Planet: Palm Trees, Coming to a Northern City Near You, UN Urges More Urban Forests, Firefighting Funds Saved, Seychelles and Force Blue Fighting To Keep Coral Alive, Give Me a Home Where the Buffalo Roam, McDonald’s To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Our Daily Planet: Palm Trees Will Call DC Home, Congress Compromises to Create Firefighting Fund, and more Campaign URL Copy Facebook 0 likes Twitter 0 tweets Google +1 Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate English العربية Afrikaans беларуская мова български català...