Forests

California Residents, Once Wary, Embrace ‘Controlled Burns’

"For most of her life, Thea Maria Carlson did not like fire. Even though she had studied earth systems at Stanford University and knew, intellectually, that burning had an environmental purpose in her home of California, she still wanted nothing to do with it."

Source: Christian Science Monitor, 10/07/2025

Study Shows The World Has Far More Damaging Fires Than In The 1980s

"Earth’s nastiest and costliest wildfires are blazing four times more often now than they did in the 1980s because of human-caused climate change and people moving closer to wildlands, a new study found."

Source: AP, 10/06/2025
October 9, 2025

CCNow Webinar: Covering the COP in the Amazon

As global newsrooms prepare their coverage of COP30, how are Brazilian newsrooms planning for the summit? What do they want their journalistic colleagues from outside of Brazil to understand? Also, access a live feed of COP coverage. Join Covering Climate Now at 12pm ET.

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UNESCO Names 26 New Biosphere Reserves Amid Biodiversity, Climate Challenges

"An Indonesian archipelago that’s home to three-fourths of Earth’s coral species, a stretch of Icelandic coast with 70% of the country’s plant life and an area along Angola’s Atlantic coast featuring savannahs, forests and estuaries are among 26 new UNESCO-designated biosphere reserves. The United Nations cultural agency says the reserves — 785 sites in 142 countries, designated since 1971 — are home to some of the planet’s richest and most fragile ecosystems."

Source: AP, 09/29/2025

"Trump’s Logging Efforts Struggle to Sell Industry on Public Land"

"The Interior Department says it’s on track to meet a federal goal to increase logging on federal lands, even as timber industry analysts warn low prices, scarce sawmills, and litigation will likely threaten progress."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 09/26/2025

"Trump Nears Deal for Road Through Alaskan Wildlife Refuge"

"The Trump administration is poised to approve a deal that would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, a vast wild area in southwestern Alaska, according to internal Interior Department documents reviewed by The New York Times."

Source: NYTimes, 09/22/2025

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