Los Angeles wildfires were worsened by climate change, despite claim to the contrary
Climate scientists PolitiFact spoke to disagreed with Trump Jr. and said climate change contributed to the Los Angeles fires’ size and destructiveness. Numerous studies have linked human-caused climate change to the western U.S.’ worsening wildfires.
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Column: Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing
There was no coal baron who lighted the matches. No oil driller who dried out the terrain, priming Southern California to burn. No gas executive who decided to build residential neighborhoods in already fire-prone landscapes.
About 1,600 policies for Pacific Palisades homeowners were dropped by State Farm in July, the state insurance office says.
In his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump took action to reverse many of the Biden administration's efforts ...
Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning ...
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