Colorado’s most active oil and gas drilling is happening near land that is also hosting some of the fastest housing construction in the state.

Colorado’s most active oil and gas drilling is happening near land that is also hosting some of the fastest housing construction in the state.

California communities scramble to avoid becoming the next wildfire tragedy

Four out of the five largest fires in California history have occurred in the last six years.

In recent years authorities in California have reported an increase in such large, explosive and swiftly spreading wildfires over a virtually year-round fire season.

Longer droughts and a history of putting out small blazes leave forests choked with tinder

The cost in lives and property from megafires is growing as more Americans build homes in or around forests and woodlands.

Paradise, California had long prepared for wildfires but only in its worst nightmares did it imagine the kind of “megafire” that last week destroyed most of the town and is becoming a common occurrence in the state.