In previous years, fires tended to emit on the order of 10 to 15 million tons of greenhouse gases each year. That's the same amount as a small African nation emits in a year. As the climate warms up, conditions are becoming better or worse for fostering these wildfires. This is a huge problem worldwide.
Protests have become as bold as they are widespread—mostly against the country’s unsustainable zero-covid policies, but increasingly against the ruling regime itself. California’s wildfires have been growing more intense, and a new analysis shows just how much those blazes undo the good work of the state’s green policies. And a look at the evolution of the Great British Lad.
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