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Char Miller

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Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, and among his most recent books are "Not So Golden State: Sustainability vs. the California Dream," "The Nature of Hope: Grassroots Organizing, Environmental Justice, and Political Change," "Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy," and "Death Valley National Park: A History."

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Seven HC-130H planes like this one will be transferred from the Coast Guard to the Forest Service to use in fighting wildfires.
New airplanes and more money will bolster the Forest Service's wildland firefighting operations
The 2009 Station Fire burns behind a home in La Crescenta, CA.
Those living in wildland fire zones must build defensible space around their homes.
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I'll never again underestimate the power of a Texas-sized ice storm.
JFK button.
President Kennedy's assassination rocked the nation, and changed my understanding of politics.
President John F. Kennedy speaking at dedication of Pinchot Institute, Milford PA, September 1963. | Photo: Courtesy U.S. Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Site
As we mark the anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, let's recall his environmental commitments.
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Death Valley's protected wilderness is spectacular but its protection has cost its original inhabitants.
The cascades, where water from the L.A. Aqueduct flows down from the San Gabriel Mountains into Los Angeles. | Photo: Courtesy of Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges
The L.A. Aqueduct made Los Angeles great -- at quite a cost.
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YouTube was a little after Claudius Aelianus' time. But he would understand why bears rocked the internet this summer.
Firefighters work to extinguish a brush fire at Bernard Biological Field Station on September 11, 2013.
Fire is a creative force, a force we need to learn from and learn to live with.
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Why is it so difficult to remember 9/11?
Fracking has occurred at the Inglewood Oil Field in L.A. County
Texas has stiffer regulations of fracking than California. Go figure.
Fire from a burning operation around the Rim Fire. | Photo: Courtesy Mike McMillan/USFS/Inciweb
It's not to early to think about the Rim fire's significance. We should have done so before it blew up.
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