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fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

A tiny town in Idaho dodged incineration in 2024. Will the next wildfire take it out?

During a 2024 wildfire season described as unprecedented, the tiny central Idaho town of Stanley and nearby Redfish Lake Lodge narrowly missed incineration by two fires: the Bench Lake and then the Wapiti blazes. It took heroic firefighting efforts and favorable turns in weather conditions for the town a mountain mecca for tourists from around the world to survive without the loss of a single life or home.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 days ago

Scientists link hundreds of severe heat waves to fossil fuel producers' pollution

Emissions from major fossil fuel producers substantially increased likelihood and intensity of at least 213 recent heat waves, making about a quarter virtually impossible otherwise.
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