Stories Related to Climate Has A Role In Wildfires? No. Wait, Yes.

HENRY FOUNTAIN, NY Times: Science
Fri, 08/17/2018 - 5:01pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke laid the bulk of the blame for California’s blazes on “environmental terrorist groups.”

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