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French Firefighters Admit Starting Fires To Boost Pay

Connexion France | Posted 09.03.2009 | World

Read More: French Fires, Firefighters, France, Foreign Affairs, Wildfires, French Firefighters, Fire, Advocacy, World News

TWO volunteer firefighters have admitted starting fires to boost their pay. The men, aged 22 and 25 face 15 years in prison for setting fires to ear...

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Europe Wildfires Rage In Spain, France, Greece, Italy (VIDEO)(SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Posted 08.24.2009 | World

Read More: Wildfire, Natural Disasters, Greece, France, Europe Wildfires, Foreign Affairs, Wildfires, Italy, Spain, Europe, Advocacy, Slidepoll, Video, Italy Wildfires, Europe Wild Fires, Wildfires in France 2009, Wildfire Spain, Wildfires in Greece, World News

Wildfires continue to rage across southern Europe, challenging local officials in Spain, France, Greece, and on the Italian island of Sardina, resulti...

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Cleaning Up Our Forests

Carl Pope | Posted 07.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Wildfires, Forests, Tom Vilsack, Environment, Forest Service, Roadless Areas, Thomas Vilsack, Green News
Carl Pope

We've spent $2 billion since 2000 without reducing the number of forest acres burned, homes destroyed, or firefighters killed. President Obama's new forest chief is badly needed.

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Smokey Bear Could Be Replaced By Smokey Blade-Wielding Robot

treehugger.com | Posted 06.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Wildfires, Green Technology, Wildfire Robot, Wildfire Prevention, Green News

Okay, wow. Here's an idea for you--a giant, saw blade-wielding robot that can be unleashed to fight forest fires. See, it can be deployed to rapidly c...

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Reframing the Crisis: A Wildfire of Opportunity

Jan Phillips | Posted 06.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Spirit in Business, Spirituality and Politics, Obama PDA, Economic Crisis, Nature, Wildfires, Paradigm Shift, Business News
Jan Phillips

The spiritual questions that are on the table now, though one would never know it listening to the daily news. Will we actually embody the tenets of our faith?

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Paperwork Caused Fuel Waste In California Fire Fight

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 06.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, Fuel, California Wildfires, Environment, Waste, Wildfires, Green News

LOS ANGELES — When the fire devastating Santa Barbara broke out, tanker planes had to fly twice as far to load water and retardant because the U...

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Morning Fog Brings Relief For California Fire Crews

AP | RAQUEL MARIA DILLON | Posted 06.09.2009 | Home

Read More: Santa Barbara, Wildfires, California Wildfire, Santa Barbara Wildfire, California, Home News

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Thousands of residents were back home Saturday as a blanket of cool, moist air flowing in from the Pacific Ocean tamed a...

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Green News Report - May 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, House of Representatives, Cotton, President Obama, Factory Farms, Department of Interior, LED Light Bulbs, Big Ag, Globalization, Bats, Green News Report, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Climate Change Legislation, Energy Efficiency, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Green News, Wildfires, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Ethanol, Auto Industry, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...

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South Carolina Wildfire Spreads Near Tourist Beach, Burns Dozens Of Homes

AP | BRUCE SMITH | Posted 05.24.2009 | Home

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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — South Carolina's biggest wildfire in more than three decades _ a blaze four miles wide _ destroyed dozens of homes Th...

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At least 1 of fires raging over Okla., Texas arson

AP | SEAN MURPHY and SCHUYLER DIXON | Posted 05.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Oklahoma Wildfires, Texas Wildfires, Wildfires, Weather, Extreme Weather, Lubbock-Texas, Fort Worth-Texas, Archer City-Texas, Oklahoma City-Oklahoma, Home News

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. — Oklahomans and Texans returned home to charred buildings, ruined cars and glowing rock Friday in the wake of several droug...

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Australia's Daylesford Residents Brace For Worst As New Fire Threatens Town

The Australian | Lauren Wilson | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Australia, Wildfires, Australia Wildfire, Fire, Australia Wildfires, Australia Fires, Melbourne, Australian Fires, World News

A BUSHFIRE was bearing down on the Victorian resort town of Daylesford last night, hours after an out-of-control grass fire threatened Melbourne's eas...

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Soul on Fire

Arthur Rosenfeld | Posted 03.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Wildfires, Australia, Australia Wildfire, Self-Transcendence, Loss, Grief, Meditation, Coping, Habit, Inner Peace, Living News
Arthur Rosenfeld

Learning to remain relaxed and go with life's flow is a high achievement indeed. Mind-body practice helps, meditation helps, but in the end it is self-awareness that is required.

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Australian Emergency Operators Heard Fire Victims Final Calls

The Australian | Aaron Langmaid | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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TRIPLE-0 operators listened to people "dying over the phone" at the height of the Victoria fires. More than 4200 terrifying phone calls were made to ...

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Australia Wildfire Rebuilding Finds A Mascot

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 03.13.2009 | Green

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SYDNEY — It was a chance encounter in the charred landscape of Australia's deadly wildfires: A koala sips water from a bottle offered by a firef...

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AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES RAGE: Dozens Killed, Entire Towns Destroyed

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 03.11.2009 | World

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HEALESVILLE, Australia — The deadliest wildfires in Australia's history burned people in their homes and cars and wiped out entire towns, offici...

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GOATSCAPING: Goats A Green Fire Safety Option (SLIDESHOW)

Huffington Post | Johanna Smith and Dave Burdick | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Goatscaping, Slideshow, Green Fire Safety, Green News, Environment, Wildfires, Goats, California Wildfires, Animals, Green News

Goats are eco-friendly fire-fighting wonders that produce fertilizer as they weed-whack, clearing high-risk areas of dangerous dry brush. As Jaymi Hei...

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Global Warming Deniers: The New 9/11 Truthers

Sahil Kapur | Posted 01.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Rising Sea Levels, Joe Mccarthy, Hurricanes, Ipcc, Christopher Hitchens, Liberal, Conservative, The Green Revolution, Republican, Melting Ice Caps, Wildfires, Climate Change, Climate Change Skeptics, Global Warming, 9/11 Truthers, Partisan, Right-Wingers, Green News
Sahil Kapur

Both groups are convinced they possess a uniquely superior grasp of reality. Facts and evidence are muffled by their messianic quest to inform society of its delusions and inadequacies.

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My Account of the Santa Barbara Tea Fire

Peter Kornbluth | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Wildfires, Natural Disasters, California Wildfires, California, Tea Fires Account, Evacuation, Tea Fires, Green News
Peter Kornbluth

Having since found out about friends who lost their homes, and seen the destruction in their neighborhoods, it feels somewhat inappropriate to communicate our good fortune.

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Southern California Homes Devastated By Walls Of Towering Flames

AP | JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 12.17.2008 | Home

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DIAMOND BAR, Calif. — More residents of Southern California were urged to leave their homes Sunday despite calming winds that allowed a major ae...

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Wildfires in LA reduce hundreds of homes to ash

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 12.16.2008 | Home

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LOS ANGELES — Southern Californians endured a third day of destruction Saturday as wind-blasted wildfires torched hundreds of mobile homes and m...

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Wind cooperates with firefighters on Calif. blaze

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Green

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A fire official says 111 homes have been confirmed destroyed in a celebrity-studded enclave of Northern California, and ...

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Fire Rips Through Tony Montecito, Home To Oprah, Rob Lowe And Others

AP | AMY TAXIN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Entertainment

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — A fire official says 111 homes have been confirmed destroyed in a celebrity-studded enclave of Northern California, and ...

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Wildfire Near Los Angeles' Getty Museum Contained

AP | ANDREW DALTON | Posted 11.23.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — A wildfire burned 100 acres of brush and grass near the world-famous Getty art museum before it was doused early Thursday without ...

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Los Angeles Wildfires: Firefighters Manage To Beat Back Flames

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 11.15.2008 | Green

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LOS ANGELES — Residents of the San Fernando Valley breathed air free of smoke and ash for the first time in four days Wednesday under brilliant ...

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Firefighters attack stubborn blaze near LA homes

AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: California Wildfires, Los Angeles Wildfires, Wildfires, California, Los Angeles, Environment, Extreme Weather, Green News

LOS ANGELES — Flames whirled dangerously close to homes Tuesday as gusty Santa Ana winds sent the biggest of southern California's wildfires fla...

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