Democrats, like President Joe Biden, often point to the devastating wildfires in California as evidence of climate change, but center right-of-center politicians contend state regulation and poor forest management rather than climate change best explain the blazes’ destruction in the Golden State.
This strategy is not going to work at a time of climate change, which is making fires bigger than ever, making it harder to extinguish them.
Wildfire
A wildfire, bushfire, wild land fire or rural fire is an unplanned, unwanted, uncontrolled fire in an area of combustible vegetation starting in rural areas and urban areas. (wikipedia)
August Complex fire
The August Complex was a massive wildfire that burned in the Coast Range of Northern California, in Glenn, Lake, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, and Shasta Counties. (wikipedia)
Presidential transition of Joe Biden
In the United States, the presidential transition refers to the process by which a president-elect prepares to take over administration of the government, (wikipedia)
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. is an American politician who is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, (wikipedia)
United States Forest Service
The United States Forest Service is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation’s 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. (wikipedia)
Political positions of Joe Biden
Joe Biden, President of the United States, served as Vice President from 2009 to 2017 and in the United States Senate from 1973 until 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, (wikipedia)
Forest
A forest is an area of land dominated by trees. Hundreds of definitions of forest are used throughout the world, incorporating factors such as tree density, tree height, land use, (wikipedia)
