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CA has invested more in wildfire prevention than any time in our history.
Enacted bold climate policies. But it’s not enough.
We must do more. We need action at EVERY level. CA cannot do this alone. Climate change is REAL.", Gavin Newsom.
"Would Americans feel a greater sense of alarm about our rapidly warming planet and the disastrous, perhaps irreversible effects of climate change if everyone could experience a fire season in person? Would cable news hosts devote the same nonstop coverage to fires as they do for hurricanes if more of their executives woke up each morning to falling ash? Would more lawmakers care if it looked like this outside the Capitol at high noon?"
chris smith (@chrissmithnymag) Tweeted:
I Need You to Care That Our Country Is on Fire https://t.co/MSxIlB4njC
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/09/opinion/california-fires.html#click=https://t.co/MSxIlB4njC
