The “Establishment” supports fossil-fuel companies and denies climate change.  The incoming U. S. administration is populated by deniers.  The harm caused to wild plants, animals, natural systems, and human society is devastating.“With my new hope that deniers of climate change will take ownership of the consequences, I am sad to report that this week, terrible wildfires have swept through Tennessee, a southeastern state in the USA. This state is beset by a tremendous drought, as seen by a recent US Drought Monitor map. There currently are severe, extreme, and exceptional drought conditions covering a wide swath of southern states. The causes of drought are combinations of lowered precipitation and higher temperatures.

Source: Fires and drought cook Tennessee – a state represented by climate-change deniers | GarryRogers Nature Conservation