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In Colorado, wildfires may drive up costs of living in paradise
2013-06-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: As five major wildfires rage at the onset of a fire season far from over, many in this state are saying the time has come to consider toughening building regulations and shifting some fire protection costs to those who live in danger zones. After the deadly 2012 Waldo fire at the time the most damaging in state history, with 346 homes lost and two deaths Gov. John Hickenlooper convened a task force to begin to look at ways to restrict or at least rethink how to build on forestland. Then the...
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