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> they're not really something that can be regulated.

They can be and are regulated, often by controlled burn bans. Climate change isn't the sole human cause of uncontrolled wildfires, nor do they need to be intentional to be suggested to (proximate) human decisions.



Big agree here with a ban on controlled burns, with one caveat: Pine barrens need controlled burns to continue to exist, and should be exempt from that ban.




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