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In 2020, greenhouse gas emission reductions by California were negated by the CO2 from wildfires. That's according to a new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago, "Up in smoke: California’s greenhouse gas reductions could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires."
Yet, comprehensive sensible policies could mitigate the wildfires. These policies include, especially, undergrounding power lines, which often spark onto dry wood, starting conflagrations.
According to the study, "We estimate that California's wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions from 2020 are approximately two times higher than California's total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003. Without considering future vegetation regrowth, CO2e emissions from the 2020 wildfires could be the second most important source in the state above either industry or electrical power generation."...