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"The weather service has said it issues red flag warnings, or less urgent fire weather watches, "when the combination of dry fuels and weather conditions support extreme fire danger."" CBS News
A combination of heat, dry air and strong winds are fueling "extreme" wildfire risks for millions across the middle of the country.
Parties in Otay Ranch Village 13 project agree to preserve 300 acres of open space, make all homes electric and ban natural gas. Developer w
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Excerpt from this story from the San Diego Union-Tribune:
A large South County development in a fire-prone area, stalled in a yearslong legal battle, will be allowed to move forward with changes aimed at boosting the housing stock while mitigating wildfire risk.
On Wednesday, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that he and several environmental groups, such as the Sierra Club, Endangered Habitats League and the Center for Biological Diversity, reached a settlement in their lawsuit against developer Baldwin & Sons over the Otay Ranch Village 13 project, proposed for a site that has repeatedly burned.
In November 2020, the county Board of Supervisors approved the development despite objections that it threatened wildlife and would put too many people at risk of wildfires.
Environmental activists sued the county over claims it violated the California Environmental Quality Act. The Attorney General’s office later joined the lawsuit.
“From Los Angeles to San Diego, we are seeing devastating wildfires ravaging our communities right before our eyes,” Bonta said in a statement. “We can no longer ignore the realities of climate change. Today’s settlement recognizes that environmental protection and housing go hand in hand, aiming to create more resilient, sustainable homes while reducing wildfire risk and protecting our environment.”
The project originally featured 1,938 homes, a resort hotel, an elementary school, a fire station, more than 3 miles of trails, 40,000 square feet of commercial space and more than 1,100 acres of nature preserves. Its site is at the northeast corner of Lower Otay Lake in unincorporated San Diego County, an area environmentalists said is an important habitat for the Quino checkerspot butterfly. Village 13 is the next phase of Baldwin and Sons’ Otay Ranch master-planned community.
Under the settlement, the project will need to reduce its building area footprint by nearly 300 acres, which will be preserved as open space. Still, the developer would be allowed to apply to the county to add 812 more dwelling units above the 1,938 previously approved within the smaller building area.
The risk of wildfires and water shortages in the Netherlands has increased after the driest winter in nearly 30 years. The meteorological of
The risk of wildfires and water shortages in the Netherlands has increased after the driest winter in nearly 30 years. The meteorological office KNMI recorded just 122mm of rain at the central weather station in De Bilt in the first three months of the year, the lowest level since 1997. Since Valentine’s Day just 14mm of rain has fallen and weather forecasts predict that the dry spell will last until mid-April. Around 80 forest fires were reported in March, nine times as many as last year, which was one of the wettest starts to the year on record.
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Frequency of Extreme Fire Risk in the US has Grown 20X: Deep Sky Research
evels of widespread extreme fire risk which used to occur once every 100 years will now occur every 5 MONTREAL /PRNewswire/ — Deep Sky, the Canadian carbon removal project developer, has published original research on wildfire risk in the United States. A new report shares findings from Deep Sky Research and its Wildfire Risk Model on how wildfire risk is changing due to climate change. The…
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Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk.
Excerpt from this story from Grist:
Last summer, after a series of devastating wildfires, the Oregon state legislature passed a sweeping bipartisan bill to protect against future blazes. The law unlocked money to develop new building codes in vulnerable areas and help residents who wanted to fireproof their homes. It reached the governor’s desk with support from Portland-area Democrats and rural Republicans alike.
Before state officials could implement the new regulations, though, they needed to figure out which areas faced the greatest fire danger. For this reason, the bill required the state forestry department to create a comprehensive wildfire risk map within a year, assigning a risk score to every household in the state. The forestry department finished the map right on time in June. It then mailed a letter to every homeowner who was in a high-risk zone, alerting them that new regulations would be coming soon.
This seemingly anodyne mapping measure produced a frenzy of backlash from every corner of the state. Hundreds of residents showed up at public meetings to berate state officials for designating their homes high risk, and hundreds more wrote in to contest their risk status. Many argued that the state was going to make their insurance more expensive and their property less valuable.
The same Republican lawmakers who had supported the wildfire bill then pounced on the map as an example of state overreach. In early August, the state caved and withdrew the map, vowing to spend another year gathering feedback before releasing a final version. In a tight race for state governor that will be decided next week, the Democratic candidate has distanced herself from the old version of the risk assessment, saying the revision “must address concerns from property owners.”
While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.
While they face longer and hotter wildfire seasons, federal firefighters are also battling staffing shortages in six of the nine regions across the country.
Congress Hears from California Rancher About Wildfire Resilience
Congress Hears from California Rancher About Wildfire Resilience
The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands discussed wildfire resilience at its most recent meeting. Wildfires in California have been particularly devastating in recent years, burning millions of acres, destroying ecosystems, and emitting millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide. Fifth-generation cattle producer from Butte County, Dave Daley testified…
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