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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by djsumdog on Monday September 14, 2020 @02:53PM (#24473716)
> Have they looked into what's going on in the west coast of the US right now?

Despite the current fires, wildfires are down and have been for decades. A lot of the current wild fires stem from reducing the number of controlled burns we use to do.

Also there is quite a significant amount of arson:

https://archive.is/GWLYq, https://archive.is/cFPbd, https://archive.is/xHiFO, https://archive.is/mhKtG, https://archive.is/US23e, https://archive.is/JyfJe, https://archive.is/owMeD, https://archive.is/rl2cm (and there are a ton more)

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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by shadowgovt on Monday September 14, 2020 @03:44PM (#24474268)
> wildfires are down

14 of the 20 worst wildfires have occurred in the past 15 years, and the size of fire season is growing.

https://laist.com/2019/10/28/california-fires-explained-why-...

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