ViewpointsOpinionClimate Change Isn’t Driving Western Wildfires; Government Mismanagement Is to BlameSavePrintVehicles and a home are engulfed in flames as the Dixie fire rages on in Greenville, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2021. Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty ImagesH. Sterling Burnett8/6/2021|Updated: 8/9/2021CommentaryIn late July, President Joe Biden held a virtual joint planning meeting and press conference with the governors of various Western states to discuss how to handle 2021’s wildfire season.Share this articleLeave a commentH. Sterling BurnettAuthorSterling Burnett, Ph.D. is a senior fellow on environmental policy at The Heartland Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois.Author’s Selected ArticlesTexas Wildfires Have Nothing to Do With Climate ChangeMar 11, 2024Politics, Not Climate Change, Is Behind Texas’s Electric Power ProblemsOct 06, 2023Climate Studies Show ‘Consensus’ Claims to Be Based on Bullying, Not ScienceSep 13, 2023Supreme Court Rightly Restored Limits on Executive AgenciesJul 09, 2022Related TopicsCalifornia wildfires