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- Oregon’s air quality is so far beyond ‘hazardous’ that no one knows what it means for health
- This Oregon forest was supposed to store carbon for 100 years. Now it’s on fire.
- Election day is nearing, but there’s no end in sight to Trump’s attacks on science
- We’ve spent 100 years growing a tinderbox across the West. Now it’s wildfire season.
- With wildfires on the rise, indigenous fire management is poised to make a comeback
- The idea of a ‘natural’ disaster is going up in flames
- Meet the DIY firestarters trying to save California from itself
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How did the 2020 wildfire season get so bad? on Sep 23, 2020.