www.nationalgeographic.com How much are beetles to blame for 2020 fires? It’s not just hot, dry conditions and fire suppression that has exacerbated 2020's western fires. There’s also the attack of the beetles to consider.
Impacts www.nytimes.com Helicopters rescue about 200 trapped in California wildfire “We had to splash water on our hair because our hair was catching on fire,” one evacuee said of the harrowing escape from the Creek Fire. The governor declared an emergency.
A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled
