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LA wildfires: evacuees warned against returning to homes due to toxic waste
National Weather Service says ‘wind siege has finally ended’ and forecasts higher humidity but warns high winds could return next week
As the battle against the deadly fires in Los Angeles county entered its 10th day, officials warned evacuees against returning to their homes due to the presence of toxic, hazardous waste and exposed power and gas lines.
During a Thursday press conference, Yonah Halpern, principal engineer with LA county public works said that toxins such as asbestos, and mercury could be found in fire debris and that the US Environmental Protection Agency and county fire department would be going house to house to assess and remove hazardous materials at no cost to the property’s owner.
Continue reading...‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages
Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spread
As Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels.
Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference call losing their homes and communities and called for litigation and policies that could force big oil to pay for the damages. In the coming days, lawmakers will introduce legislation with that aim in mind.
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