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A brush fire burns on a hillside.
A solution for California’s wildfire safety deficit
August 7, 2023 | Stanford News Service
Michael Wara & colleagues find that low-income communities in Califonia face a "wildfire safety deficit" as a result of longstanding policies... Read More
A Burning Issue: Stanford scholar testifies on rising costs of wildfire
March 8, 2023 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Woods Senior Research Scholar Michael Wara addresses U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget about the economic risks of climate-fueled wildfire
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Empowering private landowners to prevent wildfires
September 22, 2022 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Ironically, after California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire season ever – in 2018 – insurance companies stopped providing coverage for one... Read More
Sustainability Accelerator brings people, policy to fast-track real-world solutions
June 30, 2022 | Stanford News Service
Stanford's Sustainability Accelerator drives solutions generated through collaborations and scales them through partners locally and globally to... Read More
The Heat Is On
September 3, 2021 | Stanford Magazine
Stanford faculty are blazing paths in fire control and prevention to help us live in a changed climate.
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Stanford scholar testifies at California State Assembly hearing on decarbonizing building stock
August 27, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
On August 25, the California State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy hosted an informational hearing “Beyond New Construction: Decarbonizing... Read More
Wildfire Q&A with Stanford experts: A blueprint for protecting communities and restoring a lower intensity fire regime
August 4, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Wildfire-weary Californians may be wondering whether their state – the world’s fifth largest economy – is destined for an ever-intensifying cycle of... Read More
Stanford Researchers Explore How Shifts in Federal Approaches Can Turn the Tide of Destructive Wildfires
March 23, 2021 | Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
It wipes out entire communities in a matter of moments, weakens our lungs and even taints our drinking water, yet federal strategy to combat... Read More
The Shifting Burden of Wildfires
January 12, 2021 | Stanford School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences
Stanford experts discuss the causes and impacts of wildfire activity and its rapid acceleration in the American West.

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