Study: Wildfires Canceled California’s CO2 Gains

The Bond Fire buring in Silverado Canyon, Calif., on Dec. 3, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

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In 2020, greenhouse gas emission reductions by California were negated by the CO2 from wildfires. That’s according to a new study by researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago, “Up in smoke: California’s greenhouse gas reductions could be wiped out by 2020 wildfires.”