Michael Wara

director of the climate and energy program at Stanford University’s Woods Institute for the Environment

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Senior Research Scholar at the Woods Institute for the Environment; Director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University.

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Yosemite’s Washburn Fire has scorched 3,000 acres. To stave off the worst damage, should California focus on putting out current fires or preventing them in the first place?

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The federal government is giving California $600 million for forest restoration work, post-fire cleanup, and the removal of so-called hazard trees.

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