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USA: 'Reporters aren't drawing the connection between climate change and wildfires' - Report

Source(s): Popular Science
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According to a new analysis conducted by Media Matters, only 4 percent of TV reports and 9 percent of printed media mentioned climate change in connection with news on wildfires raging in Colorado, New Mexico, California and other Western states, reports PopSci.com.

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Hazards Wildfire
Themes Climate change Advocacy and media
Country and region United States of America
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