Garamendi on Wildfires: We Need ‘Very Serious Climate Action; We Know that Climate Is Changing’

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GARAMENDI: "What we need is very serious climate action. Things are not going to get good in California, they’re not going to get good along the Gulf states and along the east coast because of the hurricanes. We know that climate is changing. We know that it’s greenhouse gasses being emitted by the United States and other countries. We have to get after that. That's fundamental. While we’re doing that, we’re going to have to make our communities more resilient. We’re going to have to deal with the problem that many of our communities have brushed in. The forests have been allowed to have too much growth and overgrowth. We need to properly manage not just the forest but also the urban wild land interface. And when we rebuild, whether it’s one home or 13,000 homes — "