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Oilman David Koch set the world on fire, then died and left us to face the rising flames | Will Bunch

David Koch died epitomizing a generation that lit the fires of climate change and died to leave his grandkids to put out the flames.

A fire burns a field on a farm in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes.
A fire burns a field on a farm in the Nova Santa Helena municipality, in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil, on Friday. Under increasing international pressure to contain fires sweeping parts of the Amazon, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro authorized use of the military to battle the massive blazes.Read moreLeo Correa / AP