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PostSeptember 17, 2020

Suppressing fires has failed. Here’s what California needs to do instead.

Together, this year's wildfires have already destroyed 4,200 buildings, forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes, and scorched more than 3.2 million acres across the state, writes James Temple for MIT Technology Review. In order to combat these fires, fire-management policy must be reformed. 

Read the full article at:  https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/17/1008473/wildfires-california-prescribed-burns-climate-change-forests/

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