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Setting the Record Straight on Climate Change and Arson in Australia’s Bushfires

January 17, 2020

Various claims online suggest that climate change hasn’t contributed to the bushfires ravaging the East Coast of Australia, pinning the blame instead on arson. Those claims distort the facts.

Trump Again Misunderstands California’s Wildfires

November 8, 2019

For the second year in a row, President Donald Trump inaccurately attributed California’s rash of wildfires to poor forest management. He also falsely said other states don’t have “close to the level of burn” as California.