GHG Emissions Study May Increase California Efforts To Prevent Wildfires

A new study is concluding that greenhouse gas emissions from wildfires in California in 2020 were roughly double the industry emissions cuts from the state’s climate regulations over a 16-year period, findings that are likely to increase efforts by policymakers to prevent wildfires, such as prescribed burning and forest management. “Viewed from the perspective of what this means for wildfire emission reductions from all other sectors combined, if we compare to reductions from 2003 to 2019 from 483 to 418...