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2019 DEC 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Life Science Weekly -- A new study on biogeoscience is now available. According to news originating from the [...]

2019 MAY 22 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer Weekly News -- From Alexandria, Virginia, VerticalNews journalists report that a patent by the inventors Linn, Rodman [...]

Byline: Melissa Davey Houses built to strict new regulatory standards introduced after the devastation of Black Saturday fared worse than older houses in bushfires that swept through the Wye river [...]

Byline: JANA G. PRUDEN, ALLAN MAKI EDMONTON, CALGARY -- When a fire ripped through the town of Slave Lake five years ago, wildfire officials recognized that the catastrophic blaze might [...]

Byline: Arthur Neslen Brussels The traditional summer holiday in Spain and other popular Mediterranean holiday destinations is at risk from droughts and forest fires because of global warming, a report [...]

The Hodgman Government has already taken action in the wake of the devastating bushfires earlier this year. The Government invested $250,000 for a research project to investigate bushfire risk in [...]

Byline: Becky Kramer May 07--Climate change is already making its presence felt in the Northwest through diminished snowpacks, more frequent forest fires and rising sea levels, but it's not too [...]

The ACT Government has continued to mitigate the risk of bushfires by agreeing to 35 new recommendations made by a Legislative Assembly Standing Committee inquiry into bushfire preparedness, Minister for [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by Idaho Senator Mike Crapo: In response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new report demonstrating how limited federal firefighting budgets have [...]

Text of report by Russian Gazeta.ru news website, often critical of the government, on 25 August [Report by Svetlana Bocharova, 25 Aug; place not given: 'From the Fires, with Love'; [...]

Byline: GUEST VIEWPOINT By Mike Dubrasich In an Aug. 17 Register-Guard guest viewpoint, "Report on 'true cost' of megafires not all it appears to be," Jim Wells decries "shrill character […]

An inquiry into bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria, which killed 173 people in February, has found that inadequate warning systems and a 'stay-or-go' policy led to unnecessary deaths. [...]

An inquiry into bushfires in the Australian state of Victoria, which killed 173 people in February, has found that inadequate warnings systems and a 'stay-or-go' policy led to unnecessary deaths. [...]

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The following information was released by the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor: A new genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely [...]

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the U.S. Department of the Interior: After a mild winter and low precipitation levels in many parts of the nation, the risk [...]

WASHINGTON, DC -- The following information was released by the office of California Rep. Judy Chu: U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (CA-32) commented on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) Station Fire [...]

MELBOURNE, Oct 14 AAP - Former Victoria Police chief commissioner Neil Comrie will oversee the implementation of the bushfire royal commission's recommendations. Emergency Services Minister Bob Cameron announced Mr Comrie's [...]

PERTH, Sept 29 AAP - Western Australia's environment department has been ordered to revamp its firefighting chain of command in response to the deaths of three truck drivers in a [...]

Victorian Premier John Brumby says only one recommendation out of 67 from the Bushfires Royal Commission is not under consideration by the government. He said the only recommendation not under [...]

The Victorian government has rejected a controversial buyout of properties in high-risk bushfire areas, but has agreed to a new fire services tax. Premier John Brumby on Friday announced the [...]

The Victorian government has rejected a controversial buyout of properties in high-risk bushfire areas, but has agreed to a new fire services tax. Premier John Brumby on Friday announced the [...]

Victorian Premier John Brumby has baulked at the bushfire royal commission's proposal to put power lines underground across the state. Mr Brumby said it would be too costly to replace [...]

By Michelle Draper MELBOURNE, Aug 27 AAP - Victorian Premier John Brumby has baulked at the bushfire royal commission's proposal to put power lines underground across the state. Mr Brumby [...]

MELBOURNE, Aug 27 AAP - The Victorian government has rejected plans to buy back properties in high fire risk areas as it committed more than $867 million in sweeping reforms [...]

MELBOURNE, Aug 17 AAP - Former chief fire officer Russell Rees has apologised to people who lost loved ones on Black Saturday and accepted criticism of his role by the [...]

A report expected to blame a rotten power pole for the 2009 Toodyay bushfire, northeast of Perth, could trigger dozens of compensation claims against a state power company. The Office [...]

By Angie Raphael PERTH, Aug 12 AAP - A report expected to blame a rotten power pole for the 2009 Toodyay bushfire, northeast of Perth, could trigger dozens of compensation [...]

By Catherine Best MELBOURNE, Aug 10 AAP - Electricity companies will be hit with tougher maintenance rules in lieu of replacing antiquated overhead power lines as the Victorian government and [...]

By Michelle Draper MELBOURNE, Aug 6 AAP - Bushfire survivor Tony Mann was clearly incensed when he learned at the last minute that Victoria's premier was swooping in to visit [...]

MELBOURNE, Aug 5 AAP - Bushfire survivor Tony Mann was clearly incensed when he learned at the last minute that Victoria's premier was swooping in to visit the bushfire-affected area [...]

By Steve Lillebuen MELBOURNE, Aug 3 AAP - It's 18 months since Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires, but many of the survivors have yet to seek help for ever deepening emotional [...]

The Victorian government is unlikely to engage in a mass buyout of homes in bushfire hot spots and is resisting a multi-billion dollar program to bury powerlines underground. In its [...]

The Victorian government is unlikely to engage in a mass buyout of homes in bushfire hot spots and is resisting a multi-billion dollar program to bury powerlines underground. In its [...]

MELBOURNE, Aug 2 AAP - The Victorian government is unlikely to engage in a mass buyout of homes in bushfire hot spots and is resisting a multi-billion dollar program to [...]

By Catherine Best MELBOURNE, Aug 2 AAP - The Victorian government is unlikely to engage in a mass buy-out of homes in bushfire hot spots and is resisting a multi-billion [...]

By Kellee Nolan MELBOURNE, Aug 2 AAP - A Kinglake bushfire survivor says Victorian Premier John Brumby will be 'neglectful' if he fails to meet with people wanting to sell [...]

MELBOURNE, Aug 1 AAP - Victoria's ageing powerlines contributed to three Black Saturday fires and will cause more unless they are fixed, the bushfires royal commission has found. In its [...]

The Victorian government will issue its initial response to the bushfires royal commission final report within days, with Premier John Brumby promising to act 'swiftly' over its 67 far-reaching recommendations. [...]

By Steve Lillebuen MELBOURNE, July 31 AAP - The state government has been slow to realise the importance of community refuges and shelters, the final report into Black Saturday says. [...]

By Steve Lillebuen MELBOURNE, July 31 AAP - Victoria's ageing powerlines contributed to three Black Saturday fires and will cause more unless they are fixed, the bushfires royal commission has [...]

MELBOURNE, July 31 AAP - Victoria's ageing powerlines contributed to three Black Saturday fires and will cause more unless they are fixed, the bushfires royal commission has found. In its [...]