By the end of January, the wildfires that engulfed Los Angeles had been contained. But that isn't the end of the story. The air, soil, drinking water and every surface has now been contaminated with particulate matter, chemicals, PFAs, asbestos and more. Now, teams from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, the University of California, Davis and the University of Texas at Austin are collaborating to study toxic harms in the burn zone. Initially, they've been sharing their findings in real time so residents can take action such as wearing masks. They've also committed to a 10-year study. @InsideClimate spoke to some of the researchers working on the ground about their work and what they're finding.

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"It's a hearts & minds thing. #BigOil has always understood that & we'd better get smart about it fast. As for talking about #ClimateChange, it wasn't even the right time to talk about it during the #LAWildfires, which came with $250 billion worth of damages. That's if money's all you care about."

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/352139/link/

So awesome!!!!!! #LAFires #LAwildfires #CA #LA #wildfires #fires #LAFireAid #FireAidNow #SoCaFires

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On this month's #ClimateLens: Canadian #climate champion #TzeporahBerman on Alberta's zombie coal problem, #TradeWar, #LAWildfires, ACTIVATING the global climate majority & so much more!
https://www.podcastics.com/episode/347812/link/ #abpoli #StopCoal #GrassyMountain #Activism #yyc

#Construction company pledges to build #3Dprinted #homes for #families displaced by #LAwildfires

https://www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/3d-printed-homes-la-wildfires

Ex-Skydance Executive Pleads Guilty To “Recklessly” Operating Drone That Crashed Into Super Scooper During L.A. Wildfires – Update
#Legal #News #DavidEllison #DOJ #LALocal #LAWildfires #LAFD #Skydance

https://deadline.com/2025/02/drone-crash-wildfires-guilty-plea-1236274899/

Not only is #Bandcamp donating 100% of their proceeds towards victims of #LAWildfires, but many artists are putting out special fundraising albums too. I rounded up some of my favorite new releases here: https://docpop.org/2025/02/bandcamp-and-musicians-raise-money-for-victims-of-the-la-wildfires

A special edition of #BandcampFriday, pass it on!

"On February 7th, from midnight to midnight PST, Bandcamp will donate 100% of its proceeds to MusiCares to aid those affected by the devastating Southern California wildfires."

https://bandcamp.com/lafirerelief

Peter Akemann, co-founder of video game studio Treyarch and recent president of Skydance Interactive, has pleaded guilty to crashing a drone into a firefighting plane during the recent Los Angeles wildfires. Akemann ignored flying restrictions in order to survey the Palisades Fire but lost track of his drone. Here's more from Eurogamer.

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The surviving members of Nirvana — Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, and Pat Smear — made a surprise appearance at last night's FireAid show, performing "Breed" with St. Vincent, "School" with Kim Gordon, "Territorial Pissings" with Joan Jett, and "All Apologies" with Violet Grohl, the 18-year-old daughter of Dave. Here's @RollingStone's story, including a video of the show.

See the second link for @AssociatedPress's story on the whole event, which was to raise money for Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods and other areas impacted by the L.A. wildfires.

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@Sherifazuhur @afouxenidis @dromografos

@iamblakeley @Shane_Burley

There's a hoax by #rightwing U.S. billionaires to blame everything on #DEI, #LGBTQIaplus , and AFABs (including cis women).

#Billionaires were behind the campaign to oust a District Attorney ('black' cis female) and a mayor (Asian American cis female) In the East Bay.

Billionaires kept pushing the narrative that downtown San Francisco was crime -ridden and the shops were empty because of the mayor (a 'black' cis woman). Real reasons: COVID, high rent (retail), high cost of living, according to my mum's friends who live there.

'DEI hires' are to blame for the #DCplanecrash. That lie was told by Trump and his flying nazi monkeys before anyone knew or cared what the pilots looked like. The crash was caused by longstanding problems (ex: Lack of air traffic controllers) Nothing to do with the pilots.

Wealthy #farright media loonies, GOP, etc. in U.S. blame DEI, a 'black' female mayor, & 'white' women assumed to be #LGBTQ for #LAWildfires.

Even 'white' cis men are blamed for wildfires (CA Gov Newsom), or smeared during campaigns (SF candidate Aaron Peskin) if they're not the 'right (wing) kind of 'white man'

A different version of 'we lost WWI because of the Jews' narrative.

Ooh, irony can come at 'ya pretty fast sometimes.

I am 31 and just went back in time to when I was 19.

When I was 19 I had just gotten done being #homeless and got a job as a cashier/barista.

I worked until I was a lead host and waiter at a fancy restaurant in #seattle where I made six figures.

Quintupled my #income in two years of trying.

Right now I just got done being homeless, and found a #job as a cashier again. This time a grocery store after the #LAWildfires took my last.

I'll try it again.

Always.

Honored to be quoted in new Urban Land Institute article on the aftermath of the #LAwildfires
https://urbanland.uli.org/capital-markets-and-finance/january-economist-snapshot-los-angeles-wildfires-recovery-will-be-costly-and-lengthy

If you have friends or family in the Los Angeles area, like we do, it’s time once again to pay close attention to what’s going on with this latest wildfire this afternoon: the “Hughes Fire.” We’re watching a live stream from KCAL on YouTube, and using the #WatchDuty App to keep up with evacuation zone updates. #WatchDutyApp #CaliforniaWildfire #HughesFire #LAwildfires #LosAngeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmP9l918jFg

#GOP Reps LOSE IT on LIVE AIR over Trump BROKEN PROMISES, including:

. #CostOfLiving: Grocery and goods prices are NOT going down

. During #LAWildfires, rich #California #GOP politicians fled the state for a ...wait for it...#misinformation planning session with OrangeMussolini and his rent-boy #ElonMusk

FYI: Leopard face-fodder #VivekRamaswamy is out of #DOGE

#Meta 's 'Drought Mode' Server Update Just Pretends California Has Water
https://isglitch.com/article/20250119-meta-drought-mode