by Katy Grimes, E&E Legal Senior Media Fellow and California Globe Editor
As Appearing in the California Globe
‘Objective science on climate has been sacrificed to politics’
Thursday in the California Assembly, lawmakers debated and voted to approve $2.5B in wildfire relief bills, only after Democrats blocked an additional $1 billion for wildfire prevention, requested by Republicans.
As the Globe reported, Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) told colleagues that they need to address “the cause” of wildfire increases the last 10 years because… climate change. “We’ve been taking up big issues related to climate action,” he said. “This is all being driven by climate change.”
“We need to remember this moment to fight climate change,” Muratsuchi said.
As one actual scientist reported, “objective science on climate has been sacrificed to politics.”
