Heat, Drought, Fires : Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano

<strong>Podcast</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-daviescontent-D2GjIlLRm4o/">How Do We Fix It?</a> (LS 43 &middot; TOP 1.5% <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/listen-score/"><small>what is this?</small></a>)<br><strong>Episode</strong>: <a href="https://www.listennotes.com/e/0530272e9b504c0587d1b6a7757df726/">Heat, Drought, Fires : Alastair Gee and Dani Anguiano</a><br><strong>Pub date</strong>: 2021-06-25<br><br><img src="https://production.listennotes.com/podcasts/how-do-we-fix-it-davies-content-D2GjIlLRm4o.300x300.jpg" width="150" height="150"></img><br><p>Much of the West has just lived through one of the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/weather/wildfires-erupt-after-hottest-week-history-across-parts-west-ignited-n1271603" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">worst June heatwaves</a> in decades. Many states could be <a href="https://weather.com/forecast/regional/news/2021-06-23-almost-entire-west-in-drought-this-summer-2021" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in a drought</a> all this summer. From California and Arizona to the mountain West, <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2021/0624/Letter-from-a-heat-parched-West-How-times-and-temps-have-changed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dangerous heatwaves</a> are almost becoming the norm.</p><p><br></p><p>The threat of more devastating wildfires <a href="https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-09-17/western-lawmakers-want-a-wildfire-bill-but-policy-disagreements-loom" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">prompted calls for reforms</a>&nbsp;of the nation's fire management policies, and are a clear sign that the impacts of climate change are now being felt.</p><p>We discuss the causes of raging wildfires, including forestry management, climate, and the movement of people, as well as practical steps that can be taken now to reduce the destruction to property and people's lives.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Our guests are Guardian journalists&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/pro