Good Climate News: Wildfire Trends Have Fallen Off Significantly Over the Recent Decades

Wildfires, very much in the news recently, have tapered downward significantly over the recent decades, contradicting the doom and gloom spread by climate alarmists and media. 

Anthony on Fox News – AOC is wrong for ‘spieling’ Canadian wildfire hysteria

Heartland Institution senior fellow Anthony Watts breaks down the science behind the Canadian wildfires on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’

You are being conned: Data, studies & UN IPCC all reveal Canadian fires not due to ‘climate change’ – ‘There has been a significant & continuing decline in the number of fires’

The media and climate activists are again weaponizing wildfires and linking them to climate change. Wildfires, both globally and in Canada, have been declining significantly.

Media Wrong Again about Quebec wildfires

True to form, mainstream media has been quick to associate these terrifying and spectacular natural events with (anthropogenic) climate change. Let’s look at the facts.

New Labor Laws and the Threat to Wildfire Prevention in California

…recent changes in state labor regulations are posing a threat to this innovative wildfire prevention strategy.

CNN Publishes Blatantly False Claim About Wildfires – There’s No Link to Fossil Fuels at All

Originally posted at ClimateREALISM A May 16, 2023 article by CNN reporter Rachel Ramirez titled, “More than a third of the area charred by wildfires in Western North America can…

Are the Large Alberta Fires the Result of Climate Change?

In summary, there is little evidence that the Alberta wildfires represent a climate event.  

Increased Wildfire Danger over the Western U.S. from Wet and Cold Conditions

A cool, wet winter has created an increased wildfire threat by producing a bountiful volume of flammable grasses. 

Setting Senator Whitehouse Straight On Climate And Wildfires

There is no evidence supporting claims that rising CO2 and global warming increases the spread or intensity of wildfires.

Thanks, Wall Street Journal, for Reporting on the Quiet Western Wildfire Season

One of the slowest wildfire seasons in years has come to an end in the West thanks to well-timed rain and cooler temperatures, bringing a reprieve to a region hit…

The Great Wildfire Mystery and The Latest (Dry) Forecast

Wildfire acreage has been low even though the summer has been warm and dry for most of the region.

Was Global Warming Behind the Recent Smoky Period in Western Washington?

There is no observed upward trend in wildfire acreage west of the Cascade crest.  Global warming should weaken strong easterly flow, the key meteorological factor associated with autumn westside wildfires. 

LA Times reveals 2020 CA Wildfire CO2 Wiped Out 18 Years of the State’s Emissions Reductions

The Times article confirms the fact that California wildfire emissions in year 2020 wiped out the states 18 years of hugely costly efforts to reduce its emissions.

Two Words Explain California’s Wildfire Woes: Spotted Owl

Meanwhile, has anyone seen a spotted owl lately?

Wildfires are the “Old Normal” for the Pacific Northwest

 Wildfires and their smoke are a natural part of the Northwest ecosystem.

Live Now, Roundtable : Media Wrongly Blames Climate Change for Yosemite Park Fire

Climate Change Roundtable Ep21 The Heartland Institute The corporate media is predictably latching onto the wildfire at Yosemite Park as another example of climate change in action. You’d think the…

New Data Absolutely Destroys Media Claims of ‘Climate Change is Causing More Wildfire’

The lack of any sustained correlation destroys the U.N. and media claims. If CO2 was in fact the control knob for making wildfires worse, wildfires would have increased from 2012…

Scientists Develop Method for Seasonal Prediction of Wildfires in the US West

Winter and spring climate explains a large portion of interannual variability and trend in western U.S. summer fire burned area

Wrong, Denver Post, Fires and Floods Aren’t Increasing

From ClimateREALISM By Linnea Lueken -April 5, 2022 The Denver Post recently ran an article claiming global warming will cause more severe wildfire seasons, as well as more severe floods in the Western…

Study Reveals Chemical Link between Wildfire Smoke and Ozone Depletion

“This chemistry, once you get past that point, is well-established,” Solomon says. “Once you have less nitrogen dioxide, you have to have more chlorine monoxide, and that will deplete ozone.”

Just what is a ‘resilient’ forest, anyway?

 A shift away from managing for competitive forests and toward eliminating competition could allow the few to thrive and be more resilient.

The Colorado Wildfire and Global Warming: Is there a Connection?

There is no reason to expect this downslope windstorm was the result of global warming, enhanced by global warming, or made more frequent by global warming.  In fact, the opposite…

Colorado’s Marshall Fire: Has Funding Needs Corrupted Climate Science?

But the science does not show a connection between the Marshall Fire and Climate Change. And due to the greed of the media, politicians, and selfish scientists, only scientific integrity…

Media Promotes Badly Flawed Science Spreading It Like Wildfire

Despite the bad science a multitude of media outlets like NY Times and CNN falsely promoted the paper as evidence that climate change cause more wildfires