MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge is weighing whether to severely limit the government’s use of aerial fire retardant to combat wildfires following arguments Monday by environmentalists who are ...
Firefighting aircraft have been key in California's battle against the wildfires raging in Los Angeles over the past week. An array of aerial firefighters have dropped thousands of gallons of red fire ...
A study by the University of Southern California estimates hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic metals have been dumped onto forests during aerial fire retardant drops during the past decade, and, ...
WASHINGTON , D.C.—Today, the Forest Protection and Wildland Firefighter Safety Act, which was introduced by Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale), passed the House as part of a larger permitting ...
The Justice Department says workforce constraints mean it can’t meet a deadline to respond to an environmental lawsuit on aerial fire retardant. Workforce reductions at the Forest Service may be ...
“Nationwide Aerial Application of Fire Retardant on National Forest System Lands: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement,” published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2022.
A DC-10 air tanker drops fire retardant on Magpie Gulch during the Horse Gulch Fire on July 15, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Northern Rockies Incident Command) A study by the University of Southern ...
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A study by the University of Southern California estimates hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic metals have been dumped onto forests during aerial fire retardant drops during the past decade, and, ...