California wildfires 
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1/12/20
The History of Fire: An interview with Stephen Pyne
by Matthew Crawford
"Fire is a creation of the living world, but we have defined it as a phenomenon for physics and chemistry...we’ve mostly ignored the ideas and institutions that shape the social half of the equation."
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11/17/19
The History Briefing on California Wildfires and Climate Change: How Historians Contextualized the News
by Matthew Crawford
Historians give much-needed context on the recent California wildfires and climate change.
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SOURCE: Slate
11-10-18
Historian Stephen Pyne says Trump’s indictment of California for the wildfires is misguided
by Stephen J. Pyne
Wide scale logging, Trump’s solution, isn’t the answer.
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