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ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

How to Protect Yourself from Wildfire Smoke

Pay attention to the air quality in your area and know what different Air Quality…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Racial and economic divides extend to wildfire smoke, too

While mounting evidence suggests that wildfire smoke is bad for all humans, not everyone is…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateGovernmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Can U.S. health authorities learn from BC’s experience with wildfire smoke?

British Columbia health specialists are ahead of their counterparts in the U.S. when it comes…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateGovernmentSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Government, employers do little to protect outdoor workers from smoke

Government and employers do little to protect outdoor laborer such as farmworkers, mail carriers and…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

Exposure to heat and wildfire smoke may harm babies, unborn infants

New research indicates that exposure to heat and other forms of pollution during pregnancy increases…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

From the top of the world, scientists seek clues to wildfire smoke

Wildfires are growing in frequency and intensity, threatening our landscape, our lifestyle and our health.…
InvestigateWest
InvestigateWestSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateSmoky Skies Altered LivesWildfires

How much smoke is too much? And… comparisons to Beijing are tricky

Health researchers know that wildfire smoke is bad for everyone and have an idea which…
Mara Kardas-Nelson
Mara Kardas-NelsonSeptember 21, 2020
ClimateEnvironmentGovernmentInvestigative Reports

Who Killed the Supergrid? Trump appointees short-circuited grid modernization to help the coal industry

In 2018, Trump appointees short-circuited U.S. grid modernization to help the coal industry by suppressing…
Peter Fairley
Peter FairleyAugust 20, 2020
ClimateHealthWildfires

How have wildfires affected you? Tell us your story

InvestigateWest is seeking out survivors of wildfires who are willing to take a 15-minute survey…
Dean Russell
Dean RussellJune 4, 2020
ClimateCOVID-19EnvironmentHealthWildfires

As COVID-19 upends wildland firefighting, Pacific Northwest forests poised for conflagration

With nearly triple the usual number of wildfires this year, Washington and Oregon are set…
Levi Pulkkinen
Levi PulkkinenJune 1, 2020
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