In the United States, smoke from wildfires is undoing progress from the Clean Air Act. In poorer countries, the situation is even worse.
Tag: Wildfires
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How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.
After a summer of intense heat, raging fires and catastrophic floods, a term for pervading dread about climate change and other environmental crises is having its moment.
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Maui Fire Death Toll Drops to 97 After Weeks of DNA Review
For more than three weeks, officials said 115 people had died in the wildfire that destroyed most of Lahaina. They announced on Friday that they had overstated the death toll.
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Lahaina Family Describes an Impossible Escape From the Maui Wildfires
Lahaina residents had little time to flee from the nation’s deadliest wildfire in over a century, and victims ran into impossible challenges.
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After the Earthquake in Morocco, Tourists Grapple With the Ethics of Travel
Last week’s disaster raises questions that also emerged in Maui, Greece and other hard-hit places. Is the presence of tourists a hindrance? Or can visitors, and the revenue they bring in, help?