California’s wildfire risks are bad enough without adding factories that literally tend to ignite. Building these mills near Yosemite feels like playing with fire—literally—and could make an already dangerous situation worse. It’s a head-scratcher, to say the least.

Facilities that make wood pellets have a track record of catching alight. Yet there are plans to build several near Yosemite’s tinderbox forests.

Wood pellet mills—known for being fire hazards—are being planned near Yosemite’s already fire-prone forests. Despite their history of catching fire, these facilities might soon pop up in an area that’s basically a tinderbox.

Wood Pellet Mills Are Prone to Catching Fire. Why Build Them in California?

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