Nation Wildfires are burning up trees meant to fight climate change: ‘It’s definitely not working’ August 22, 2021Janet Wilson and Christal Hayes, USA TODAY NETWORKComments Off on Wildfires are burning up trees meant to fight climate change: ‘It’s definitely not working’ Thousands of acres of forests have been set aside in the West to help curb climate change. But increasingly wildfires are burning them up instead.