“California is burning,” he* said. “What the hell are you going to do about it?”
He stressed that he didn’t just mean this year’s terrible fire season, and he used the ravages of wildfires this season and in past seasons to make the case that climate change is both real and destructive.
“This is a wakeup call,” he said. “We have to start coming to our senses. This is not a game of politics. We need to limit our carbon pollution. These are real lives and real people. This problem cannot be solved year by year.
*California Governor Jerry Brown
Read original at 2015 SkS Weekly Digest #32
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