REWIND: Firefight: How to Live in the Pyrocene
b'We\\u2019re on track for yet another summer of record wildfires in the western U.S., endangering lives, displacing communities, and sending unhealthy smoke across the nation.\\xa0\\n\\nThe science is clear: human-caused climate change is making lands more conducive to burning, and we are increasingly living in flammable landscapes. Forest experts say there are tools to help reduce the risk of catastrophic fires, keep forests alive as valuable carbon sinks and make communities more resilient to megafires. But we may also have to become accustomed to more fire \\u2013 and smoke \\u2013 in our lives.\\xa0\\n\\nHow can we better live with fire, including using it as a tool, rather than always fighting it?\\n\\nThis week, we also take a deep dive into the recent Supreme Court case West Virginia v. EPA with Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of Berkeley Law.\\n\\nGuests:\\nErwin Chemerinsky, Dean, Berkeley Law\\xa0\\nStephen Pyne, author, The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next\\xa0\\nSusan Husari, member of the California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection\\nChad T. Hanson, author, Smokescreen: Debunking Wildfire Myths to Save Our Forests and Our Climate\\nJaime Lowe, author, Breathing Fire: Female Inmate Firefighters on the Front Lines of California\\u2019s Wildfires\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'