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California Wildfires Cancel Out Nearly Two Decades of emissions Reductions
Fires burned more than 4 million acres, emitting twice as much greenhouse gas the state’s total reductions over 18 years.
The record-breaking wildfire season, which resulted in more than 4 million acres burned, emitted twice as much greenhouse gas into the atmosphere as the state’s total reductions over 18 years, a new study published in the journal of Environmental Pollution.Wildfire emissions in 2020 essentially negate 18 years of reductions in GHG emissions from other sectors,” the study’s authors concluded.
The study highlights that between 2003 and 2019, California’s greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 13%, “largely driven by reductions from the electric power generation sector.” But the 2020 fire season alone is “two times higher than California’s total GHG emissions reductions,” researchers found.
California wildfires cancel out nearly two decades of emissions reductions
Fires burned more than 4 million acres, emitting twice as much greenhouse gas the state’s total reductions over 18 years.
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