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Tag: California wildfire legislation

Students return to class at Paradise High School nine months after the Camp Fire ravaged the community
Posted inDisaster Days

Make up school time lost to climate disasters, fire country lawmaker says

Ricardo Cano by Ricardo Cano January 23, 2020January 23, 2020

California state Sen. Bill Dodd has introduced legislation to help schools make up instructional time and state dollars lost to closures for climate-driven emergencies such as wildfires. The increasingly pressing issue was the topic of a CalMatters series last year.

Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Watch: Learning to live with fire

by CalMatters November 12, 2019November 15, 2019
President Donald Trump on the campaign trail. Photo by Michael Vadon
Posted inWhatMatters

What a state under siege can do + Trump thanks Toyota and GM for taking his side in his clean air fight against California

Dan Morain by Dan Morain October 31, 2019October 31, 2019
Burned homes, trees and vehicles in the Northern California city of Santa Rosa, after a devastating 2017 wildfire. Photo by Anne Belden, istockphotos.com
Posted inEnvironment

What to know as California’s peak fire months loom

Avatar by Julie Cart August 29, 2019August 30, 2019
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

A vaccine showdown, a tax bill, wildfire costs and poverty

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 21, 2019
photo of the 2017 Thomas Fire
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Wildfire liability, a budget deal, electric trucks and dead cows

Dan Morain by Dan Morain June 10, 2019
Posted inPolitics

What happens when the next big wildfire hits?

Avatar by Judy Lin February 11, 2019June 23, 2020
Ripening almonds in an orchard in the Central Valley of California get flooded by irrigation water.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Newsom gets climate advice, Atkins offers ‘Trump insurance’

Dan Morain by Dan Morain December 5, 2018
California utilities already take measures to avoid sparking fires, but a new law requires further action. Image by Armin van Buuren-Oceanlab/Wikimedia
Posted inEnvironment

Power companies must do more to fireproof their equipment, but it won’t be cheap—and customers may pay

Avatar by Julie Cart November 19, 2018June 23, 2020
California Gov. Jerry Brown, left, and FEMA administrator Brock Long, center, watch U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, right, go through school work that was recovered from Paradise Elementary School in Paradise, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group)
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Wildfire legislation, Newsom’s trifecta and a Supreme Court pick

Dan Morain by Dan Morain November 15, 2018

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