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Report: California Wildfires Increased Fivefold This Year

  • #Fires and firefighters
  • #Forests
  • #Environment
  • #United States of America
Report: California Wildfires Increased Fivefold This Year
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JUL 2024
Image copyright: Ethan Swope/Contributor/Getty Images News via Getty Images
story last updated JUL 2024

The Spin

Left narrative

In California, the end of fire season brings temporary relief. However, climate change is reshaping this relief into a false sense of security. With extreme weather now a year-round threat, the notion of a predictable "fire season" is outdated. Fire conditions can arise at almost any time, as evidenced by winter wildfires and fires in traditionally lush areas like parts of Louisiana and Hawaii. It's crucial to embrace adaptation, integrate Indigenous knowledge, slash emissions, and push back against climate denialism from the right.

Los Angeles times

Right narrative

Blaming California's wildfires on climate change is an easy way out when poor federal regulation and forest mismanagement are the real culprits. The federal government's restrictive policies on forest use have led to excessive fuel buildup, resulting in more severe fires. Leftist eco-imperialism ignores effective forest management practices like logging and controlled burns. Climate alarmism allows the left to use climate change as a scapegoat to cover up its failures.

FOX News

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California wildfires have burned five times the average this year, officials say
GuardianJUL 2024
How federal regulation, not climate change, explains California's wildfire crisis: experts
FOX NewsAUG 2021
The Logging Juggernaut
CounterPunchAUG 2023