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California asks Congress to set aside funds to fight wildfires
2014-09-06 02:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: With federal funds for fighting wildfires running low, officials in California on Thursday called on Congress to move forward on a stalled plan to set up an emergency reserve fund for battling the extreme blazes anticipated this fall. The call by U.S. Representative John Garamendi, a Democrat whose district near Sacramento includes parts of three national forests, the state's top firefighter and others comes days after the U.S. Forest Service said it would have to dip into money meant for fire...
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