California needs Biomass Energy to Meet its Wildfire goals. Its Policies Keep Burning them Down

The lesson is not confined to biomass. It applies to California’s broader governing philosophy: a preference for symbolic goals over practical trade-offs, for slogans over engineering, for regulation over results.…

Why California Fires Are Getting Bigger | Jim Steele | Ian Faloona

What makes these fires bigger has a lot to do with how we’ve mismanaged the landscapes for the last 100 years. Fire suppression, changes in grazing patterns, loss of wetlands.…

Wrong, LA Times, There is No Evidence ‘Climate Change Boosts Risk of Explosive Wildfire Growth in California’

This is a classic example of the overreliance on models (and now AI) in climate research, instead of actual data.

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.