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Forest Fires Could Spread Pollutants

US News & World Report - Thu Dec 3, 12:16 pm ET

Chemicals bond to smoke particles, and can then be transported across great distances.

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Inspector general finds no fault with Forest Service workers in deaths of 5 firefighters
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Thu Dec 3, 4:10 pm ET
WASHINGTON - Federal investigators have found no misconduct by U.S. Forest Service personnel in the deaths of five firefighters in a massive 2006 California wildfire.
USFS considers night flying to attack wildfires
CBS 47 Fresno - Mon Nov 30, 7:53 pm ET
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service is considering allowing its aircraft to attack wildfires at night. The Forest Service typically bans its pilots from dropping water or retardant on fires at night because of safety risks. But Forest Service Fire and Aviation Management Director Tom Harbour said Monday that the agency's night-flying policy is being reviewed. To make a change, the agency ...
Victims Of Spring Wildfires Get Donated Homes
KAUZ Wichita Falls - Mon Nov 30, 11:39 pm ET
Five families have a home to call their own now, after devastating wildfires took that away from them back in April.
Angel Island’s holiday halo will shine again
Twin Cities Times - Thu Dec 3, 10:13 pm ET
Rising from the ashes phoenix-like after the massive wildfire of October ’08, lights will once again shine forth from the top of Angel Island this holiday season.
Deadline for federal disaster aid Dec. 10
KOB 4 Albuquerque - Thu Dec 3, 12:51 pm ET
Sen. Tom Udall says New Mexico ranchers and livestock producers who suffered from droughts and wildfires in 2008 should apply for federal aid before Dec. 10.
LA-area mountain road closed by wildfire reopens
CBS 47 Fresno - Mon Nov 30, 3:09 pm ET
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — A 40-mile stretch of road through the San Gabriel Mountains has reopened after being closed since August by a massive wildfire. The California Highway Patrol says Angeles Crest Highway reopened Monday morning after work crews cleared away debris from overnight rock slides, possibly caused by gusts scouring slopes denuded by the fire. The road between the ...
Man accused of deadly Calif. fire wants fast trial
MSNBC - Wed Dec 2, 1:53 pm ET
A 28-year-old man accused of setting a deadly 2003 California wildfire that destroyed 1,000 houses wants a quick trial, and it could start next month. California - Wildfire - United States - Southern California - Nevada
Calif Gov: Climate Adaptation Will Require Water Conservation
Nasdaq - Wed Dec 2, 4:32 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- California will have to conserve water and other resources amid declining water supplies, rising sea levels and more frequent wildfires and floods that are expected to result from climate change, the state's governor said Wednesday.
File Import Software opens Pro/ENGINEER data in AutoCAD.
ThomasNet - Wed Dec 2, 8:48 am ET
Pro/ENGINEER File Import Plug-in for AutoCAD lets AutoCAD users open 3D solid models designed in Pro/ENGINEER and carry out solid modeling operations on them. It can read Pro/ENGINEER part PRT and assembly ASM files from Pro/ENGINEER v16 to Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire v4.0. Program can repair files with corrupt or invalid data, correct differences in precision, and log data translation problems and ...
Peat fires drive temperatures up
EurekAlert! - Mon Nov 30, 9:27 am ET
( Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ) The forested peatlands of the tropics store vast amounts of carbon. Forest fires convert this into the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. A team led by Professor Florian Siegert at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet in Munich has now quantified these emissions and shown that peatland fires contribute significantly to global warming.