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Daily Report: Public Safety

Calif. fire agency tests bomb recipe in terror magazine

July 17, 2012, 12:05 AM

When a publication that advocates terrorism instructed readers earlier this year to use so-called "ember bombs" for setting off destructive wildfires, officials from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection decided to test the attack strategy. It's not all that... + read more

Daily Report: Environment

Study: Climate change would lead to increased fire activity

June 27, 2012, 5:40 AM

Climate change is likely to alter fire patterns around the world, including a potential increase in the number of fires for much of California in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by UC Berkeley researchers. The study, published in Ecosphere, modeled projected... + read more

Daily Report: Money and Politics

Insurers push disaster costs to consumers and taxpayers, report finds

February 28, 2012, 12:05 AM

Insurance companies that cover property damage from catastrophes are increasingly pushing costs onto the backs of consumers and taxpayers, according to a new report from the advocacy group Consumer Federation of America. Corporate insurers have “mastered” making ... + read more

Daily Report: Health and Welfare, Environment

Car emissions may fuel desert forest fires

January 26, 2012, 12:05 AM

Nitrogen emissions from car exhaust and industrial sources might be increasing forest fires across the California desert by fueling the spread of invasive grasses, according to a new report by the Ecological Society of America. Agricultural nitrogen is also causing groundwater contamination in the... + read more

MORE ON: forest fires

Calif. fire agency tests bomb recipe in terror magazine

Study: Climate change would lead to increased fire activity

Insurers push disaster costs to consumers and taxpayers, report finds

Car emissions may fuel desert forest fires

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