“Wildland fire was common and widespread across many forests and woodlands in North America prior to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In subsequent decades, fire exclusion—the practice of…
Category: Wildfires
Climate Whiplash and California Wildfires
My main discomfort with Swain et al. (2025) and its rollout is that it appears that the primary goal was to create and disseminate the “climate whiplash” meme rather than…
California’s Latest Climate Lawsuit Scheme: Sue Oil Companies for Wildfires, Ignore Reality
Ah, California lawmakers are at it again, pushing the boundaries of legal absurdity with a bill that would allow victims of natural disasters to sue oil companies for damages. Yes,…
Alarmist Scientist Daniel Swain Demonizes “Natural Climate Variability” calling it “Hydroclimate Whiplash”!
Swain sadly ignores these major drivers of natural wetness-dryness variability, preferring to blame global warming. Thus, Swain and his fellow climate alarmists fail to educate the public about the known…
The Origin of The Los Angeles Wildfires
Bottom Line: A very skillfully predicted Santa Ana event with record-breaking winds hit LA earlier this month. Two wet winters resulted in unusually high levels of dried fuels. Human ignitions…
Scapegoating Climate to Hide Callous Government Malfeasance
Golden Staters need to revamp their political, bureaucratic, policy and woke systems. They need to rely less on government – and more on themselves, the way the Getty Villa and…
A DEI Green New Deal Hydrogen Bomb
In a better world the state could be put into receivership and its assets properly managed, absent that, many agencies and offices in the state are ripe for a thorough…
Why the LA Wildfires Have Little to Do With Drought or Climate Change
Very strong video and photographic evidence indicated the Los Angeles Eaton fire, which resulted in the most deaths was due to a faulty power line. Clearly, this transmission line was…
Assigning Responsibility for the Tragic Los Angeles Fires
Blaming climate change for these disasters only deflects attention away from actual causes. Fabrications linking rising CO2 to wildfires should be ignored. Governments must employ solutions that will truly protect…
Politico and The Guardian Falsely Blame California Wildfires on Climate Change
By refusing to discuss the true causes of wildfires, outlets like Politico and The Guardian are complicit in hindering meaningful action. It’s time for journalists to do their jobs: report facts, ask hard questions,…
Climate Crisis Policies Destructive to Los Angles Area Environment and Harmful to Wildlife
When Americans supported the Endangered Species Act, these were some of the species they had in mind…not bait fish. Many supporters of sensible climate science policies have gone into great…
Did the LA Fire Disaster Have to Happen?
Just frustrating….. such good weather predictions and still such unfortunate outcomes. We need to do better.
Live at 1 p.m Eastern: LA Fires NOT Caused by Climate Change – The Climate Realism Show #140
Historic wildfires have destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in Los Angeles County. Many homes of the rich and famous in Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and Pasadena have been reduced to…
Patrick T. Brown on the LA Fires and Climate Change
This article exemplifies the kind of balanced, evidence-based analysis that is sorely needed in discussions about wildfires and climate policy. By addressing meteorology, fuel conditions, human activity, and mitigation strategies…
Why California Wildfires are NOT Climate Driven: A Historical and Meteorological Perspective
It’s essential to separate the headlines from the science to understand these wildfires in their proper context. The current fires, like many before them, are largely driven by well-documented weather…
Applying Scale and Context to the Texas Smokehouse Creek Fire
The purpose of scale is to provide context. A 1 million acre wildfire is big. In the Texas panhandle, it killed two people, destroyed dozens of homes and caused nearly…
Wrong, Associated Press, There Is No Evidence That Climate Change Is Inducing Wildfires That Threaten Farm Workers
If climate change isn’t causing worsening wildfire seasons, then it can’t increase the threat to farm workers from wildfire smoke – it’s that simple.
‘Shoehorning’ a fire into the climate narrative
Note: This is a reprint of my op-ed “Editor for a Day” in the Chico Enterprise-Record, complete with links and graphs to factual references for the benefit of readers there…
Fuel Load and Forest Fires
If we are to deal effectively with the forest fire issue it is imperative that we get the foundational data correct first so we can develop effective strategies to deal…
Joe Romm’s the Climate Ate My Homework! (re Southern California fires)
Is it just a coincidence that the worst of the worst happened in California, the Climate State? The Green State? The DEI State? Joe, the mainstream is not buying your…