5810 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://todayheadline.co/2021-fire-season-might-be-worse-to-date-for-west-coast/For many in the Western U.S., last year’s fire season was egregious. It was a year of toxic smoke, hazardous air quality and, for some, prepping “go bags” in case of evacuation. Not to mention menacing midday red and orange skies caused by wildfire smoke particles.Sun, 30 May 2021 19:49:00 +0200todayheadline-b3157524944e4526c5c7627a8973c9a120210530194900https://www.ksl.com/article/50174470/extreme-heat-drives-high-risk-summer-for-us-power-supply-especially-in-the-westExtreme heat drives 'high risk' summer for US power supply, especially in the West By Scott Disavino, Reuters | Posted - May 29, 2021 at 6:26 p.m. SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) — Extreme heat this summer could create energy shortfalls in California, Texas, New England and the U.S.Sun, 30 May 2021 02:37:00 +0200ksl-8d65f804c72c1f1f994c287712fdd8f820210530023700https://ladailypost.com/sfnf-low-to-moderate-intensity-flames-from-cuervito-fire-continue-moving-through-available-fuel/SFNF News: Low- to moderate-intensity flames are continuing to move through available fuel on the Cuervito Fire’s interior near Pecos, putting some smoke into the air. Fire managers expect the smoke to taper off over the next few days. Firefighters continued securing the southern end of the Cuervito Fire and mopping up along the edges.Thu, 27 May 2021 15:04:00 +0200ladailypost-7655b06bbb90a874dfb1a3a9409c2c0a20210527150400https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/26/editorial-congress-must-act-on-wildfire-prevention-funding/If you want an idea of just how dysfunctional Congress is today, take a look at its record on wildfire prevention. It’s inconceivable that Congress has largely failed to act on one of the West’s most pressing issues. California’s senators and representatives must not let another year pass without making a serious investment in wildfire prevention.Wed, 26 May 2021 15:16:00 +0200mercurynews-3ee34567445e15c75009b991086a159920210526151600