Forest fire burn acreage in the US is down 90% since pre-industrial times and down 80% since the 1930s, but scientists have determined :
“37% of the area burned by wildfires in the West since 1986 — nearly 19.8 million acres out of 53 million — can be blamed on the planet-cooking pollution from 88 of the world’s major fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers”
“Ancient records show that centuries ago forest fires were scourges classed with the plague ”
Fire-scarred California big trees indicate that great fires occurred there In the years 245, 1441, 1580 and 1797. Evidence has; been found of forest fires in Colorado during 1676, 1807, 1722, 1753 and 1781. South of Mt. Kathadin, Me., proofs were found of a forest fire covering an area of about 200 square miles which occurred in 1795.
17 Nov 1912, 22 – The Birmingham News at Newspapers.com
2010-sustainability-report.pdf
By hiding the data prior to 1986, they created the appearance of a correlation.
