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The West is on fire – and the US taxpayer is subsidizing it

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imageRaging – and costly.US National Parks Service, CC BY-SA

The western US is burning.

This year’s damaging experience is just the latest in a recent series of devastating wildfire seasons, a trend that will only likely increase over the coming years.

Over the last few decades, and especially since 2000, the wildfire season is getting longer,...

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