Pollution from fires, intensified by rising temperatures, is on track to become one of America’s deadliest climate disasters.

The Forest Service is reversing course as it faces growing pressure over workers falling ill with cancer and lung disease. The move is part of a flurry of changes to aid firefighters.

As our planet continues to warm, the number of Americans who die each year from wildfire smoke could rise from 40,000 today ...

After asserting for years that firefighters cannot do their jobs while wearing protective masks, the U.S. Forest Service will ...

The federal government has issued new guidelines to wildland firefighters for the voluntary use of protective masks. The move ...

This would represent some of the country’s most costly consequences of a warming climate by mid-century, researchers say.

The U.S. Forest Service has lifted a decades-long ban on wildland firefighters wearing masks. The move comes too late for a ...

Changing wind patterns around the cascades are going to impact the amount of wildfire smoke descending into the Puget Sound region on Tuesday. We break down what to expect and how to protect yourself.

Tens of thousands more people will die from wildfires across the United States in the coming 25 years, new research has ...

The U.S. Forest Service will begin providing wildfire crews with masks to protect against smoke, reversing a decades-long ...

Smoke from the most recent Canadian wildfires bringing particulates and other pollutants into the upper Midwest and Northeast reminds us of the adverse cascading effects of climate change impacting ...

The skies are hazy in much of the state as smoke from multiple fires wafts over. In parts of Eastern Washington, air quality ...