Commentary With the Dixie Fire now the second worst in California history, burning through more than 500,000 acres in Northern California, the usual blame game has been ignited. Charged NPR, the federal government’s own media network, “The explosive growth of a large blaze such as the Dixie Fire has many contributing factors, and climate change is one of them—a point emphasized in a new report from the United Nations, which notes that cycles of intense heat and drought create ideal conditions for catastrophic wildfires to occur with increasing frequency.” Actually, as I noted in The Epoch Times last month, the real causes are bad forest maintenance and power lines that spark. Regardless of what’s the right explanation, the fires should be kept in perspective. In 2020, last year, wildfires in California burned down 4.2 million acres. According to a California Air Resources Board report (pdf), the fires spewed up an estimated 112 …