There's no Christmas tree shortage this year despite Canada's record wildfire season, 2 experts say

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Two people in masks touch a Noble fir Christmas tree among many other trees
Noble firs are grown throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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I'm a boomer who moved to Texas and was able to retire early. Almost everything is cheaper here, but the bugs and snakes are wild.

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Jayne Jordan moved from Corona, California, to Azle, Texas, in August.

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Stock market winners and losers are already emerging from the next extreme weather cycle

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Hurricane Irma

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A temporary pay bump for federal firefighters is slated to end in November, raising fears that up to 50% of the workforce could quit as the country faces more extreme wildfires

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Firefighters battle the Mosquito Fire burning on Michigan Bluff Road in unincorporated Placer County, Calif., on September 7, 2022.

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Trump suggests bizarre plan to keep forests damp to prevent wildfires in California

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Former President Donald Trump.

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Home values could collapse as rising climate dangers wreak havoc on insurance markets, study says

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Extreme weather events are causing changes in the insurance industry.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, 'disaster vultures' are swooping in to make a quick buck

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A house on fire being circled by vultures while money falls from the sky
Disaster vultures are investors who take advantage of people who lost their homes to natural disasters in order to turn a profit.

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As Hawaii mourns its dead, investors are swooping in to make a quick buck

The looming crisis that's going to crush homeowners from coast to coast

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As the risk of wildfires and storms grows, owning a home is getting riskier — and it's showing up in the insurance market.

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Cinda Larimer was delivering newspapers on a cool November morning in Paradise, California, when she noticed something softly float down from the sky: ash.

Meta's news ban is preventing Canadians from sharing vital information about the wildfires ripping through western Canada

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An aerial view of a forest burning in Canada's Northwest Territories.
Meta began blocking access to Canada's domestic news sites on August 1.

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On Maui, a perfect storm of climate, colonialism, and failed emergency systems made the deadliest US wildfire in over a century

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A burned cars sits among destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina, western Maui, Hawaii on August 11, 2023.
A burned cars sits among destroyed buildings in the aftermath of a wildfire in Lahaina on August 11, 2023.

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