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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “So is it accurate to say as well that when controlled burning was banned over decades, the land grew thick then with…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2022
So is it accurate to say as well that when controlled burning was banned over decades, the land grew thick then with vegetation and it dried out every summer, essentially creating huge kindling stocks for extreme and even more devastating forest fires than otherwise?
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Democratic · New York

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Ocasio-Cortez highlights the consequences of banning controlled burning on forest fire risks.

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