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As fires burn the west, top Democrats stay quiet on the climate crisis
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'A risk to firefighters': Trump's drone ban makes it harder to stop wildfires
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Insiders at the interior department say a drone shortage has made it more difficult to contain the fires raging across the US More
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Fire and pestilence, flood and wind, the personal is political: Trump must go | Robert Reich
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Amid fire and pestilence, floods and storms, the personal is political: Trump must go
Robert Reich
Americans face existential challenges. The president has done nothing to help and much to make things worse
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California fires: hundreds of blazes burn amid scorching heatwave – live
Newsom: state is currently battling 367 known fires
Thousands evacuate as ‘siege’ of flames overwhelms state
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If Jeff Bezos really wants to fight the climate crisis, he should just pay his taxes | Guy T Saperstein
Wildfires are ravaging California and Australia – and local fire departments are alarmingly underfunded and underprepared In the wake of the devastating Australian bushfires, Jeff Bezos announced last month that he will donate $10bn to fight the climate crisis. As a resident of California and the former president of the Sierra Club Foundation, I welcome […] More
