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Data Prove Climate Change Is Not Making Droughts, Heatwaves, or Wildfires Worse

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Data Prove Climate Change Is Not Making Droughts, Heatwaves, or Wildfires Worse
President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on wildfires in McClellan Park, Calif., on Sept. 14, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
H. Sterling Burnett
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Over the past few weeks, thousands of “news” stories have claimed human-caused climate change is responsible for more frequent and severe droughts, heatwaves, and wildfires in the western United States.

H. Sterling Burnett
H. Sterling Burnett
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Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. is a senior fellow on environmental policy at The Heartland Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research center headquartered in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
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