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Arizona wildfire: Obama lauds elite crew of 'heroes' who died tackling blaze

2013-07-01 15:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Barack Obama sent condolences to the families of 19 firefighters killed in an Arizona wildfire, praising the elite crew as "heroes". It was the deadliest loss of wild land firefighters since 1933. The firefighters were members of an elite "hotshot" crew, deployed near the small town of Yarnell, Arizona to fight a lightning fire, fuelled by hot temperatures and high winds. Hotshot teams undergo special training to hike deep into the wilderness during a wildfire, carrying chainsaws to clear brush...

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Dangerous heat wave forecast for Arizona, California deserts

2013-06-27 03:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: A potentially deadly heat wave is expected to bear down on some Arizona and California desert areas in the next few days, forecasters said on Wednesday. The mercury is predicted to soar well past 110 degrees Fahrenheit and perhaps top 120F (40s and 50s degrees Celsius) starting on Friday in the deserts of southeast California and southern Arizona, Weather.com and the National Weather Service said. Forecasters said highs could top 118F (48C) in Phoenix on Saturday, potentially setting a new...

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MATHESON Announces Plan to Build Air Separation Unit in Mesa, Arizona

2013-06-21 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Basking Ridge, NJ - MATHESON announced today that it plans to build a new large capacity Air Separation Unit, (ASU), to supply the oxygen, nitrogen and argon in Mesa, Arizona. "This investment will allow MATHESON to better support our current Customers and our recently acquired US AIRWELD distribution business by creating a Southwest ASU network with our existing ASUs in Southern California and New Mexico," stated Senior Vice President Nigel McMullen. The plant is expected to be on stream, ...This story is related to the following:Air Separation Plants

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Raging Colorado, Arizona wildfires prompt evacuations

2013-06-21 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Several wildfires raged unchecked across drought-parched Colorado on Thursday, one threatening oil and gas wells close to the Utah border and another about 300 miles to the southeast chased a group of Boy Scouts from their camp near New Mexico. A separate wind-whipped fire roaring through chaparral and pine forests in central Arizona forced the evacuation of about 460 homes near the town of Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix. Scorching temperatures, low humidity and gusting winds have...

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Arizona wildfire threatens hundreds of homes, California blaze wanes

2013-06-20 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: An Arizona wildfire whipped up by strong winds threatened hundreds of homes on Wednesday, even as firefighters were gaining an edge on a California blaze raging near a pristine wilderness, authorities said. More than 500 firefighters were battling the Doce Fire, which has burned through 7,000 acres of chaparral, pine and juniper since Tuesday morning near Prescott, about 100 miles north of Phoenix, the Prescott National Forest said in a statement. Fanned by gusting winds, the fire has led to...

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