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We've known for a long time that climate change is increasing the area burned by wildfires across western North American. Now, a new study by @ucsusa shows that emissions from the world’s 88 largest fossil fuel companies and cement makers are responsible for 37% of the forest area burned in the western U.S. and Canada since 1986. https://e360.yale.edu/digest/fossil-fuel-companies-western-forest-fires