Professor Fisher received his undergraduate degree (in American Studies) from Amherst College and his graduate degrees (J.D. and Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization) from Harvard University.

A wind-driven wildfire burning in Malibu grew by hundreds of acres overnight but crews have managed to gain some containment Thursday. The Franklin Fire remains a major threat to homes and ...

10, burning in the hillsides near Pepperdine University. Some homes and structures are threatened, but the extent of the damage is not yet known. Pepperdine University was reporting power outages ...

Experts have issued an urgent warning over trendy wood-burning stoves, as research reveals they produce more pollution than road traffic. Researchers from the University of Birmingham found that ...

Wood-burning stoves have risen in popularity in the UK with an estimated 1.9m homes now having one, according to the Stove Industry Alliance. One campaigner from Birmingham said she was worried ...

We need to see immediate and coordinated actions at local and national levels to reduce wood burning, improve air quality - including enhancement and enforcement of smoke control areas to curb ...

Spearfisher Josh Humbert suffered quite a bad shark attack in the South Pacific, leaving him with nerve damage and a difficult recovery ahead of him. "The single most important thing when ...

An Ottawa woman "walked through fire" to save her youngest son from their burning house earlier this week, her mother said. Stephanie McDougall, 43, was seriously injured in the fire on Twyford ...

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Trendy wood burning ... as steel has meant parts of the UK have now got the cleanest air for decades. But despite the overall downward trend, the use of wood burning stoves is rising, the report ...

Wood burning stoves emit a dangerous type of particle ... It put this down to some ethnic minorities moving to less polluted parts of the UK, as well as cities improving their air quality.

Wood burning stoves are now the UK's biggest source of toxic particles in air pollution and could be giving you cancer, according to a new report. A third of all PM2.5 emissions now come from log and ...