Biggest Polluters Linked to Worsening Wildfires in Western U.S. and Canada

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By Paige BennettMay 17, 2023, 8:47 pm114 pts
A new report, led by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), links 88 top fossil fuel and cement companies and their carbon emissions to at least one-third of the total area burned by wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada since 1986. The study found about 19.8 million acres of burned forests in the western…

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