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Reporter/podcast maker @KPCC and host of California City from @LAistStudios. Listen here: https://t.co/SVRQ2E3jDH
Aug 9, 2018 11 tweets 6 min read
THREAD: @SecretaryZinke says "hot and dry weather" and "the fuels that overload our forests" are to blame for the #wildfires raging in California and the West. He got a couple things wrong. usatoday.com/story/opinion/… /1 Scientists have known for over a decade that higher temperatures are making wildfires worse. Fire season is longer, and fires are more intense now. science.sciencemag.org/content/313/57… /2