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November 18, 2008

Schwarzenegger Links Wildfires to Global Warming
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In California, wildfires continue to burn near Los Angeles, but
firefighters are making progress in controlling them. At least 842 homes
have been destroyed in the last several days. In an interview on ABC’s
This Week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger directly linked
global warming to the increasing threat of wildfires in California.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: “Through global warming, we have now a fire
season all year round. We used to have fire seasons only in the fall.
But now the fire seasons start in February already. So this means that
we have to really upgrade and have more resources, more fire engines,
more manpower, and all of this, which, of course, does cost extra
money.”



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