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Revision as of 17:52, September 12, 2020
, 17:52, September 12, 2020moved up some text from "Causes" to "History"
==History==
==History==
In recent decades, and particularly since the 1990s, California wildfires have become an increased problem in the state.
According to Grist, "Drought, disease, and insects have left 100 million dead trees browning across California, and in some places, 90 percent of the trees have died. All this dry wood can stoke small blazes into uncontrollable infernos that ravage towns and choke the region with smoke."<ref> [https://grist.org/article/why-california-is-fighting-fire-with-fire/ Grist, Sep 19, 2019]</ref>
==Causes==
==Causes==
The worsening of these wildfires has been blamed variously on [[global warming]] and on illogical [[environmentalism|environmental policies]].
President Trump 'blamed the wildfires on "years" of poor forest management in California'<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/513031-trump-criticizes-california-for-wild-fires-youve-got-to-clean-your Trump hits California officials over wildfires: 'You've got to clean your floors']</ref>
: ''Forbes Magazine'' reported:
: ''Forbes Magazine'' reported:
:* California’s deadliest year of wildfires has been decades in the making, with overlapping environmental rules, both state and federal, making fuel load reductions in forests and coastal chaparral nearly impossible ...<ref> [https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/11/27/trumps-right-about-californias-fires-it-wasnt-climate-change-two-new-california-laws-prove-it/#71404dfc22e3]</ref>
:* California’s deadliest year of wildfires has been decades in the making, with overlapping environmental rules, both state and federal, making fuel load reductions in forests and coastal chaparral nearly impossible ...<ref> [https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckdevore/2018/11/27/trumps-right-about-californias-fires-it-wasnt-climate-change-two-new-california-laws-prove-it/#71404dfc22e3]</ref>