>>3947096 lb (same at end of bread)
This should be retconned into notables.
It's 'old news', but there is probably more to all of this story. It wouldn't be the first time this trick has been used, and it wouldn't be the only place, either.
This is your vector for environmental groups. There are people in those groups who do want to take care of the environment. Conservation serves a purpose.
No rational person wants forests to burn. We are supposed to take care of our surroundings - not endanger them, and certainly not as a form of extortion.
Re - special warfare. Force multiplier.
Rather than special warfare to divide groups and create conflict - it can be employed to resolve conflict and to inspire unity of cause.