In August, the Pew Research Center found that 69 percent of Americans want strong climate solutions now, mostly to be accomplished by adding clean energy and phasing out fossil fuel. Democrats and people under 30 tended to be more concerned than Republicans or people over 65.
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management has awarded nearly $8 million in grants to help reduce the risk of wildfire.Much of the money will be used to remove invasive plants.Tiffany Davilla, of the Department of Forestry and Fire Management, said that more than $1 million will go to cities, parks and nonprofits to help remove buffelgrass,fountain grass and other
Neither Bush’s 2004 win nor the long string of Democratic victories that followed were inevitable. Strategists and political experts said a combination of an impressive data operation, successful voter registration strategies, get-out-the-vote efforts and a national mood that favored Bush powered Republicans’ success in the 2004 campaign.
As fire season comes to an end, forest managers are considering fuel breaks and treatments to prevent and delay wildfires.Officials in the Northern Region are p