El gobierno federal suele cubrir el 75% de los costos de reconstrucción después de un desastre mayor. El presidente electo Trump ha amenazado con retener el dinero destinado a la lucha contra incendios en California.
What this tragedy will not raise is the accusation that government failed those most in need. In this case, it is a reminder that all of us, regardless of wealth or station, require the services of each other and our government.
The federal government typically covers 75% of rebuilding costs after a major disaster. President-elect Trump has threatened to withhold firefighting money from California.
Southern California’s disaster again demonstrates that while wildfires were once mostly confined to rural timbered areas during summer and fall months, a warming climate means they can and do strike anywhere and anytime, including residential neighborhoods in the middle of winter.
El presidente electo Donald Trump culpó a las políticas hídricas de California por los devastadores incendios forestales que arden en el condado de Los Ángeles. Los incendios comenzaron debido a vientos fuertes y condiciones extremadamente secas.
President-elect Donald Trump faulted California water policies for the devastating wildfires that are burning in Los Angeles County. The fires started because of fierce winds and extremely dry conditions.
Los nuevos proyectos de ley propuestos por los legisladores del Inland Empire anularían nuevos estándares de combustible, eliminarían los impuestos sobre las propinas y reforzarían las investigaciones de personas indígenas desaparecidos o asesinados.
New bills proposed by Inland Empire lawmakers would void new fuel standards, remove taxes from tips and bolster investigations of missing or killed Indigenous people.
As climate change warms the planet, wildfires have become so unpredictable and extreme that new words were invented: firenado, gigafire, fire siege — even fire pandemic. California has 78 more annual “fire days” — when conditions are ripe for fires to spark — than 50 years ago. When is California’s wildfire season? With recurring droughts, […]