It’s October, traditionally the end of the state’s dry season, meaning that there’s more fuel that can burn rapidly. ( Cal FireIn a speech Monday at the University of California at Davis, Hillary Clinton suggested another possible factor: climate change. Clinton wasn’t saying the fires were caused by climate change, just that climate change may have made them worse. It’s tempting to cherry-pick data that suggests a role for climate change that’s hard to prove. It’s also true that, as always, it’s very difficult to point to this particular thing and say that it is because of climate change.

Source: Washington Post October 10, 2017 20:24 UTC