California Wildfires: Mismanagement, Not Climate Change, to Blame

While some point to climate change, experts—and even journalist John Stossel—argue that decades of poor forest management are the real culprit. Environmentalists like Michael Shellenberger agree that misguided policies have turned forests into dangerous tinderboxes, with dead brush piling up and creating the perfect conditions for massive fires. Historically, practices like controlled burns and selective cutting kept forests healthy, a method even Native Americans relied on. Could these time-tested solutions prevent future devastation? Read more to uncover the facts.