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Flames rise near homes during the Blue Ridge Fire on October 27, 2020 in Chino Hills, California. Strong Santa Ana Winds gusting to more than 90 miles per hour have driven the Blue Ridge Fire and Silverado Fire across thousands of acres, grounding firefighting aircraft, forcing tens of thousands of people to flee, and gravely injuring two firefighters. More than 8,200 wildfires have burned across a record 4 million-plus acres so far this year, more than double the previous record. (David McNew/Getty Images)

Wildfire researchers are scared for 2021

Nicole Karlis
A healthcare worker prepares to transport a patient on a stretcher into an ambulance at Life Care Center of Kirkland on February 29, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. Dozens of staff and residents at Life Care Center of Kirkland are reportedly exhibiting coronavirus-like symptoms, with two confirmed cases of (COVID-19) associated with the nursing facility reported so far. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

Coronavirus spread underestimated in WA

Nicole Karlis
The "Zeitfeld" (Time Field) clock installation by Klaus Rinke is seen at the entrance of the Suedpark, in Dusseldorf Germany. (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

Goodbye, daylight saving time

Nicole Karlis
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - AUGUST 24: A smoky haze obstructs the view of the San Francisco skyline on August 24, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Smoke from western wildfires has settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and has pushed the air quality into unhealthy levels. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

New West: Smoke in sky, purifier in home

Mark Kreidler - KFF Health News
Protests against rightwing Patriot Prayer Movement occur in Portland and Vancouver. (Getty/Natalie Behring)

Patriot Prayer is a violent movement

Shane Burley - Truthout
(AP/Matthew Brown)

Trump's energy ambitions on West Coast

Shawn Olson-Hazboun, Hilary Boudet - The Conversation
FILE - In this July 22, 2015 file photo, low water levels are seen at Lake Shasta near Redding, Calif. (Greg Barnette/Record Searchlight via AP, File) (AP)

Farming water

Margiana Petersen-Rockney - Grist
Port of Oakland (Wikimedia Commons / Ingrid Taylar)

Companies blocked from West Coast ports

Shawn Olson-Hazboun, Hilary Boudet - The Conversation
(Masahiro Suzuki/Shutterstock)

Fishing in peril

Andrea Thompson - Climate Central
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, in the vicinity of Post St. and Grant Ave. (Wikimedia/photo tinting by Salon)

West Coast apocalypse

John Dvorak
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Lindsay Abrams
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Pete Danko - Earth Techling
Simulation showing the ten-year trajectory of the radiation released after the Fukushima disaster (Screenshot, Adrift.org.au)

Lindsay Abrams
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Matthew Wolf-Meyer - LA Review of Books
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