Posted on Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Connecting The Dots: How Climate Change Is Fueling Western Wildfires Climate Guest Blogger, thinkprogress.org by Aman­da Staudt, via the Nation­al Wildlife Fed­er­a­tionWest­ern wild­fires are dom­i­nat­ing head­lines in June – but the media cov­er­age focus­es only on effects while ignor­ing a major cause. We hear about an increase in the num­b… “There’s com­pelling evi­dence that talk­ing about west­ern wild­fires with­out men­tion­ing cli­mate change is like talk­ing about lung can­cer with­out men­tion­ing cig­a­rettes.”

Connecting The Dots: How Climate Change Is Fueling Western Wildfires
Climate Guest Blogger, thinkprogress.org

by Aman­da Staudt, via the Nation­al Wildlife Fed­er­a­tion

West­ern wild­fires are dom­i­nat­ing head­lines in June – but the media cov­er­age focus­es only on effects while ignor­ing a major cause. We hear about an increase in the num­b…

“There’s com­pelling evi­dence that talk­ing about west­ern wild­fires with­out men­tion­ing cli­mate change is like talk­ing about lung can­cer with­out men­tion­ing cig­a­rettes.”

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