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California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 months ago

Letters: An outdated trope demeans an accomplished woman

Misogynistic descriptors demean accomplished women; large-scale mechanical thinning risks worsening wildfire resilience; data center expansion requires thoughtful community planning.
Environment
fromThe Oaklandside
4 months ago

New OMCA exhibit shows why Native American communities practiced controlled burns

Reviving Indigenous controlled burns restores ecosystem health, reduces catastrophic wildfires, and returns land-management autonomy to Native American tribes in California.
California
fromKqed
5 months ago

California Needs a New Approach to Wildfire Planning, Experts Say. Cost Is an Issue | KQED

California vetoed a bill to fast-track strategic wildfire planning because of projected unbudgeted costs, prompting regulators to pursue Zone 0 rules and alternate risk-modeling paths.
Environment
fromKqed
5 months ago

Will Newsom Sign California's 'Biggest Step' Toward Saving Fire-Prone Neighborhoods? | KQED

Implementing Zone 0 defensible space and home hardening significantly reduces ember-driven structure loss and requires coordinated prevention across landscape, neighborhood, and parcel levels.
Environment
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

'Zone zero' rule could be California's wildfire savior - or its environmental undoing

Proposed 'zone zero' rules would ban flammable landscaping within five feet of structures in very high fire hazard zones, prompting concern over tree canopy loss.
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