MISSOULA, Mont. — “I wouldn’t go out without an N95 mask,” an oncology nurse told me the other day. She wasn’t referring to Covid-19 protections.…
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Apocalypse Right Now
WASHINGTON — Holy smokes. It feels like we are living through the first vertiginous 15 minutes of a disaster movie, maybe one called “The Day…
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What I Saw in Yosemite Was Devastating
The principles of “leave no trace” were our religion. We thought we were safeguarding a hallowed place. But we were learning how to swim when…
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The Bootleg Fire Is Now Generating Its Own Weather
A towering cloud of hot air, smoke and moisture that reached airliner heights and spawned lightning. Wind-driven fronts of flame that have stampeded across the…
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Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment,…
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Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment,…
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Scorched, Parched and Now Uninsurable: Climate Change Hits Wine Country
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment,…
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How Climate Change Hit Wine Country
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment,…
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It Seems Odd That We Would Just Let the World Burn
But you’d never know it watching C-SPAN. The bipartisan infrastructure bill cuts most of the climate investments from President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, leaving them…
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Heat Wave Spread Fire That Erased Lytton, British Columbia
TORONTO — Something strange was happening to the acacia trees in Lytton, British Columbia. The small town in Western Canada had seen three days of…
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