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New bipartisan legislation helps forests by reducing fire risk and will restore jobs to rural areas hard-hit by the recession. The bill could also boost localized biofuel production. Sounds like just what the country needs.

Australia endured bushfires, floods and record high temperatures in its drought-ravaged foodbowl in 2007 as global warming brought the nation's sixth hottest year on record, the weather bureau said on Thursday.

House Global Warming Select Committee Chairman Ed Markey (D-MA) delivers remarks opening a hearing on the scientific link between a changing climate and the frequency and intensity of wildfires.

Recently, the Wildfires in Southern California have been widely broadcasted across the news. At the same time, recent news coverage has also looked at drought conditions which are being felt in Georgia and North Carolina. While these two are be peripherally linked in other ways, it makes some sense to look at these issues from the perspective of sustainable building.

Pot-bellied pigs, horses, dogs and an enormous cat (slide 12).

Amazing shots of the fires raging through California. Many of the shots were taken as people evacuated their homes.

Nearly a fourth of U.S. families now live in suburbs or exurbs without fire hydrants. This is just one of the downsides to continued expansion, and more evidence that we need smart growth.

Photoblog of the fires in Montana.

Photos of Fires in Montana and other weird weather occurrences