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Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp the flames, leading to dramatic images of the material blanketing scores of ...
A decade-long study has shown that household environments play a significant role in long-term chemical exposure, and that ...
Dennis Hulbert used to set hundreds of fires in his backyard in Grass Valley. He wasn’t trying to burn his his house down. Hubert, 70, is a retired fire-fighting leader of the U.S. Forest Service in ...
Aircraft battling fires raging through the Los Angeles area are dousing the area with more than water: Hundreds of thousands of gallons of hot-pink fire suppressant have been dropped ahead of the ...
The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight wildfires, despite finding that the practice pollutes streams in western states in violation of federal law, a ...
As the first heat wave of summer plunges California into yet another wildfire season, some environmental groups are taking aim at a commercial fire retardant that most residents have grown all too ...
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Government regulations stifle competition across multiple sectors of the economy, protecting incumbents and making it hard for new companies to emerge. While this is well-documented in areas such as ...
Twenty-five years from today, Santa Ana winds will scream through Los Angeles on a dry autumn morning, turning a small hillside campfire into a deadly, fast-moving blaze. At that moment, the city will ...
Authorities battling a series of large wildfires in the Los Angeles area have employed a bright red fire retardant to tamp ...