Daniel Swain says we can’t avoid fires, but we can mitigate them | Sustainable LA Grand Challenge

Katerina Jowid
June 30, 2022
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Publication: N.Y. Times

UCLA Expert: Daniel Swain: Assistant Researcher and Climate Specialist, Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

Synopsys: Swain was quoted in the article, saying that we can’t fully escape fires, but we can find ways to minimize them.

UCLA News: “The reality is, there is no ‘no fire’ option,” said Swain, “There is no future in which we somehow manage to suppress all these fires that also does not have any prescribed fires. The choice is what kind of fire.”