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Los Angeles wildfires rage as strong winds put millions at risk
Los Angeles: Red Flag warnings advising of extreme wildfire danger expired across the Los Angeles area, but forecasters warned that dry and windy conditions will persist and that the threat of blazes remained. The National Weather Service added that the respite for fire-ravaged Los Angeles will be short, with high...
State Farm to offer renewals to policyholders affected by L.A. County fires
State Farm said Wednesday that it will offer renewals to residential policyholders affected by the Los Angeles County fires that it had previously planned to drop. The decision applies to policies held by homeowners, owners of rental dwellings and residential community associations, which include condominium associations. The figure includes roughly...
Brehm: Climate change didn’t cause the Los Angeles wildfires. Government incompetence did.
It has been troubling to see aggressive members of the climate lobby, not apt to let any natural disaster go to waste by failing to label it a direct effect of rising global temperatures, quick to declare the Los Angeles fires purely a symptom of America’s love for fossil fuel....
A long road to rebuilding — and fights over government funding — await L.A. fire victims
The scenes of destruction in Los Angeles have brought a sense of déjà vu for Steve Crowder. Six years ago, similar images of fires ravaging his community of Paradise, California, were plastered across televisions and social media. “It is Paradise revisited,” said Crowder, the mayor of Paradise. “Sitting here watching...
Denver CEO who is Trump’s pick for energy secretary acknowledges to Congress that fossil fuels cause climate change
By Jennifer McDermott, The Associated Press Chris Wright, CEO of Denver-based Liberty Energy and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for energy secretary, told senators during his confirmation hearing Wednesday that he would promote all sources of American energy, while also acknowledging the burning of fossil fuels causes climate change. Wright, a fossil fuel executive,...
Trump energy chief pick says linking wildfires to climate crisis is ‘hype’
Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary, Chris Wright, is facing criticism for disputing the ties between climate change and more frequent or severe wildfires, the Washington Post reports, a stance that is contrary to scientific consensus. During Wright’s US Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, Democrats, including the California senator Alex...