Wildfires are reversing Americaโs progress on ozone pollution
The US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015.
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The US had been reducing surface-level ozone, a harmful pollutant and the main component of smog, but that changed as wildfire activity picked up around 2015.
Unprecedented heatwaves, violent storms, mega-cyclones, catastrophic floods, prolonged droughts and uncontrollable wildfires have all become commonplace, with extreme weather events increasing in both frequency and intensity thanks in large part to human-induced climate change. Global temperatures have continued to soar, with recent years continually ranking among the hottest on record. The consequences go far beyond the destruction of local ecosystems and damaging physical infrastructure, creating other new opportunities as investments shift alongโฆ
Spencer Pratt, a Republican and former star of the reality television show "The Hills," was second in early returns. Pratt accuses Bass of letting wildfires get out of control and failing to make enough progress on the homeless crisis.
After a tough first term framed by the most destructive wildfire in city history and an ongoing struggle with widespread homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to a November runoff Tuesday as she fights to stay in City Hall against challengers from both ends of the political spectrum.
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Millions of dollars earmarked for Gov. Gavin Newsomโs (D-CA) wildfire relief fund, which was meant to help victims of the January 2025 fires recover from the devastation, went instead toward unrelated expenses, including more than $14 million diverted to controlling crowds during Californiaโs anti-deportation protests the following summer. According to California Department of Finance records, [โฆ]
After a shaky first term framed by a devastating wildfire and an ongoing struggle with widespread homelessness, Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is looking for a return trip to city hall Tuesday while facing challenges from both ends of the political spectrum.
The January 2025 fires in LA alone ended up costing $140 billion in total.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said Sunday that frustration among California voters following devastating wildfires is understandable and argues that responsibility for ongoing recovery challenges rests on President Donald Trump. Khanna pointed to lingering recovery problems and what he described as a lack of federal support for the state. โLook, I think there was a lot [โฆ]
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Mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt tore into Gov. Newsom and Mayor Bass over their handling of the wildfires and homelessness.
As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass seeks a second term, she isn't sidestepping the obvious: her tenure at city hall has been difficult. "I haven't always got it right," she says plainly.
Bass brushed off a new face of competitors entering the race, saying work still needed to be done even as critics are calling for her to step aside.
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Fertility isnโt a topic that tends to come up in the macho, male-dominated world of wildland firefightingโat least not according to Jasper Kehoe, 23, who served as a Colorado wildland firefighter for four summers. But whenever Kehoe talked about [โฆ]
Los Angeles mayoral candidate and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt sits down with NBC News' Tom Llamas to discuss his campaign, in which he accuses Mayor Karen Bass and Governor Gavin Newsom of "criminal negligence" over their handling of the devastating L.A. wildfires.
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We can expect chronic disease rates to worsen as greenhouse gas emissions trend upward and contribute to more frequent and intense climate impacts like extreme heat and wildfires.
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