Fire Weather -- Chris Hedges

Chris HedgesThe wildfires in California replicate the massive fire storms in the boreal forests of Canada and Siberia, the lungs of the earth. Our addiction to fossil fuels has ignited an age of fire.

Chris Hedges

Jan 12, 2025

Climate scientists repeatedly warned that the apocalyptic wildfires that have erupted in the boreal forests of Siberia, the Russian Far East, and Canada would inevitably move southwards as rising global temperatures create hotter, more fire-prone landscapes.

Now they have.

The failures in California, where Los Angeles has had no significant rainfall in eight months, are not only failures of preparedness — the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, decreased funds for the fire department by $17 million — but a failure globally to halt the extraction of fossil fuel. The only surprise is that we are surprised. Welcome to the age of the “Pyrocene” where cities burn and water does not come out of the hydrants.

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