Records: Planes Ordered But Canceled In California Fire
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Forest Service summoned several powerful firefighting airplanes in the early stages of the largest wildfire in Los Angele...
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Disasters: Where There's Smoke... There's a Silver Lining
Ellen Snortland | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living
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There's nothing like a good disaster to remind you of your own mortality; stop waiting for "someday." You need to write that book, sing that song, smell those roses, surf that wave
One California Farm's Savvy Move To Save Their 400 Alpacas From Wildfire (VIDEO)
Posted 11.24.2009 | Green
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Cindy Harris and Doug Fieg wanted to protect their alpacas from the recent wildfires that were threatening their farm. When they realized they could...
Green News Report - September 8, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green
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In today's report: the rising cost of fighting wildfires, and is Jaws back?
Post-wildfire worries: floods, damaged ecosystem
AP | JOHN ANTCZAK and ALICIA CHANG | Posted 11.08.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES — Southern California's huge wildfire has turned nearly a quarter of the 1,000-square-mile Angeles National Forest into a moonscape ...
Fire no longer threatening LA-area communities
AP | JAMES BELTRAN | Posted 10.21.2009 | Green
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LOS ANGELES — The western flank of the deadly wildfire north of Los Angeles was under control Saturday, sparing foothill communities further thr...
Firefighters Gaining On Los Angeles-Area Wildfire, Homicide Investigation Launched In Death Of Firemen
AP | JACOB ADELMAN and THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
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LOS ANGELES — Investigators worked around-the-clock Friday as they sought to build a murder case stemming from a huge wildfire that claimed the ...
More HuffPost Readers' Amazing Wildfire Photos
Huffington Post | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green
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We've continued to receive amazing photos from readers of the Southern California Wildfires. Check out these incredible photos below. Get HuffPost...
Single LA Fire Consumes One Year's Worth Of Water
news.xinhuanet.com | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
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Firefighting aircraft have dropped about 1.7 million gallons of water and nearly 700,000 gallons of fire-retardant chemicals in an effort to put out t...
Green News Report - September 3, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: California burning; Killing wolves; Recycling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch... PLUS: A Fracture in the Clean Coal Coalit...
HuffPost Readers' Incredible Wildfire Photos
Huffington Post | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green
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On Wednesday we asked readers to send in their on the ground photos of the wildfire in Southern California. The photos we received are amazing. Check ...
It's Not Just You: California Wildfires Turn Cranky
Beth Lapides | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living
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Yesterday, just as we were peaking the cranky meter, Mike Dietrich, the U.S. Forest Service incident commander, said the California Station Fire had turned from "angry" to "cranky."
Saving Mount Wilson
Gabriel Rotello | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living
It's heartening to see that in the case of the Mt. Wilson observatory, people were willing to put their lives on the line to save a bucolic piece of living history.
California Wildfire Photos: HuffPost Readers Send In Their Pics
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green
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To see the latest photos from California, scroll down below the map. The California wildfires continue to rage throughout Southern California, with t...
Investigators look for clues into cause of CA fire
AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 10.18.2009 | Home
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LOS ANGELES — Investigators gathered along a remote road in a blackened forest Wednesday and hunted for clues at the spot where a gigantic blaze...
The California Wildfires Rage On (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post | Posted 10.18.2009 | Green
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The California wildfires continue to rage throughout Southern California, with thousands of firefighters at work to stop further destruction. For th...
Green News Report - September 1, 2009 (Audio)
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
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IN TODAY'S AUDIO REPORT: Fires rage across California as Hurricane Jimena bears down on Baja; Lights out for incandescent lightbulbs; The Summer of...
When the Going Get's Tough, the "Tea-Baggers" Run
Stu Kreisman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics
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I guess when reality hits, the far right's faux campaign against the government suddenly looks foolish, if not downright cruel.
While Rome Burns...
Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.17.2009 | Business
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I'm in LA today. I'm having a little trouble breathing, and my eyes are smarting. But sometimes you have to suck it up to get the job done.
Huge wildfire portends bad Calif. fire season
AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green
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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters reported progress Tuesday against a gigantic blaze on the edge of Los Angeles that might be just a preview of even gr...
Station Wildfire Injured 2 Riding Out Fire From Backyard Hot Tub
AP | Posted 10.16.2009 | Home
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LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles County Sheriff's official says two people tried to ride out the firestorm in Big Tujunga Canyon in a backyard hot tu...
Deadly wildfire surges closer to Los Angeles
AP | JOHN ANTCZAK | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES — A deadly wildfire destroyed more than four dozen homes as it blackened a wide swath of tinder-dry Southern California forest, forc...
Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildfire battles
AP | CHRISTINA HOAG | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home
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LOS ANGELES — Firefighters beat back flames licking at ocean-view estates Friday, while another wildfire raged through a dry forest above Los An...
California Wildfires Force State To Declare State Of Emergency
AP | BROOKE DONALD | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green
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DAVENPORT, Calif. — California deployed more fire crews across the state Friday to gain control of a series of growing wildfires that have force...
Open Letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Chantal Sicile-Kira | Posted 09.04.2009 | Politics
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I can't afford to volunteer for the community anymore. Got to spend every free moment earning money or taking care of my mom and son.
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