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western United States
Also known as: western U.S.
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Misleading U.S. Department of Energy climate report chooses bias ... science.feedback.org Aug 5, 2025 4 facts
measurementThe western U.S. forest-fire area in 2020 nearly doubled the previous modern record set in 2012, and the 2021 forest-fire area nearly matched the 2020 record.
claimFire suppression policies in the western United States have been implemented for approximately a century, yet the annual area burned has escalated despite these efforts.
perspectiveDaniel Swain argues that concern regarding wildfires should focus on the rapid increase in wildfire sizes in the western United States despite suppression efforts, rather than comparisons to pre-suppression eras.
measurementIn the western U.S., the annual area burned by wildfires has tripled over the past 40 years, driven by a 10-fold increase in annual forest-fire area and a doubling of area burned in non-forest regions.
Renewable Energy's Land Use Reckoning kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu Jun 3, 2025 2 facts
claimRenewable energy development in the western United States differs from the eastern United States due to the high prevalence of public lands in the West.
claimThe Bureau of Land Management manages significant portions of public land in the western United States, which are predominantly maintained for biodiversity and intact habitat.
What your credit score says about how, where you were raised news.harvard.edu Aug 6, 2025 1 fact
claimIndividuals from the Upper Midwest, New England, and certain areas of the western United States average the highest credit scores, while people from Appalachia and certain parts of the South have lower credit scores and unmet borrowing needs.
Balancing land use for conservation, agriculture, and renewable ... nature.com Mar 7, 2026 1 fact
referenceWu et al. (2023) investigated methods for minimizing habitat conflicts while meeting net-zero energy targets in the western United States.