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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

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Between 1972 and 2018, the number of large wildfires in California increased by 784 percent, and the area burned increased by more than 1,200 percent (Environmental Market Solutions Laboratory, UC Santa Barbara). for 2016-2020. This increase in forest fires makes it more difficult for the affluent to purchase clean air.

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