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John -

Like many outside of Los Angeles, I’ve been watching the wildfires on the
news while texting friends and loved ones to see if they’re ok and wishing
there was more I could do.

For folks in LA, as always, we see the compassion and bravery and
commitment to community that is happening, with families and friends
sharing their homes and resources and taking in folks who have had to
evacuate. People have lost homes and schools and workplaces, and many are
not going back to “normal” anytime soon.

Not only is this yet another catastrophic climate event, but our ability
to combat it is hindered by a lack of water, another symptom of the
climate crisis and the ongoing drought in southern California.

While we’re hoping the winds diminish, the fires are contained, and our
loved ones are safe, we also need to think about what we can do. I wish
there was an easy answer. But we’re not going to win new federal
legislation to curb climate change in the near future — not with Trump in
the White House.

The next four years are going to be a long, hard road, and we’ll need all
of us to be alert and ready to act during climate disasters:

First, displaced families who have lost everything are going to need
support, and the government alone is not going to move fast enough. We’ll
be sharing on social media some of the groups on the ground providing aid.
And we’ll also be sending online actions you can take to push FEMA to move
fast.

Second, we must listen to the folks most impacted and help them demand a
faster rebuild, in Los Angeles, in North Carolina, and everywhere affected
by extreme weather this year and in the future. This will be especially
critical as Trump picks unqualified and inexperienced political appointees
to run essential government agencies.

Finally, we need to think about the fight ahead. Insurance companies deny
claims, or as some already have, cancel insurance before climate disasters
hit (despite their role in exacerbating the climate crisis by insuring
fossil fuel projects in the first place). We can push state insurance
commissioners to make insurance companies uphold their obligations. And we
can also use Make Polluters Pay, legislation recently passed in New York,
to force the corporations who have profited from this destruction to pay
for its cleanup.

John, there’s no easy fix for what has happened this year, or
what will happen next year. That’s why we’re building a large force of
activists who are ready to leap into action when climate disasters strike
— to send letters, make phone calls, submit comments and more — making
sure the needs of impacted communities are met and demanding action on
climate.

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In solidarity,

Jeff Ordower
North America Director
350.org




 




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