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wildfires — West Coast utility regulators held a “wildfire dialogue” at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday, bringing together four panels of utility and fire science experts to discuss ways to reduce a danger expected to grow with climate change. | ©ERO Insider

Wildfire Danger Dialogue Advances up the West Coast

Aug 18, 2019

By Robert Mullin and Hudson Sangree PORTLAND, Ore. — Utility equipment ignited eight of the 20 most destructive wildfires in California history and six of the eight occurred in just the last three years, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). Those sobering statistics set...

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