National Public Radio’s Misinformation on Wildfires and Climate: Part 1
10 hours ago
Guest Blogger
By Jim Steele
Each day I attempt to synthesize curiously divergent views in the news. In the morning I listen to National Public Radio (NPR) and in the evening I watch Fox News. However, I’m increasingly disturbed by NPR’s unbalanced reporting on wildfires. With every wildfire report, NPR now adds climate crisis comment but ignores wildfire science. I learned more about heat transfer and wildfires as a boy scout. I also expanded my wildfire science as an ecologist researching California’s Sierra Nevada ecosystems for 30 years and I must say an honest NPR would focus on the 3 major issues needed to minimize wildfire devastation.
Minimize human ignitions.
Improve ground fuel management.
Remove introduced annual grasses.
Politicians and media journalists that claim reducing CO2 will save us from bigger wildfires are only exacerbating public fears and promoting ineffective policies.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/08/08/national-public-radios-misinformation-on-wildfires-and-climate-part-1/
