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So, I testified in front of a U.S. Congressional Committee…

Climate change is driving wildfires across the U.S., including the western states, but also in the Appalachian Mountains and in the boreal and Arctic. Increased prescribed burning and Indigenous cultural burning will reduce wildfire risk now. Climate action and reduction of future emissions and warming is needed now.

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