The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is facing funding cuts from the Trump Administration that will affect its ability to provide life-saving data on natural disasters, which will be especially devastating for California during fire season.
Tag: Wildfires
Q&A: Pomona Environmental Analysis professor Char Miller on California wildfires and climate change
After publishing an article last week on how the California wildfires affected 5C students, TSL sat down with Pomona College Professor of Environmental Analysis and History Char Miller to get an expert opinion on the effects of climate change and an Indigenous perspective on this year’s wildfires along the West Coast.
‘More dangerous every year’: 5C students face California wildfires
California residents and 5C students on the West Coast have been impacted by the orange skies and smoke of this year’s wildfire season — the worst on record in California’s history.
Photo essay: TSL journalist on documenting the California wildfires
Talia Bernstein SC ’21 details her experience photographing the devastation caused by the CZU Lighting Complex fires.
OPINION: California is burning. It didn’t have to be like this.
Michelle Lum HM ’23 describes how recent wildfires on the West Coast present a stark reality of a world undergoing climate change.
OPINION: PG&E power shut-offs are an inadequate solution to California’s fire problems
Pacific Gas & Electric’s power shut-offs cause more problems than they solve when it comes to wildfire prevention.