Four months after the Camp fire destroyed the northern California towns of Paradise and Magalia, city council members in the neighboring town of Chico voted this week to declare a climate emergency that threatens their lives and well-being. Chico’s emergency declaration calls on the city to eliminate all greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2030, among other demands that echo those included in the Green New Deal bill state lawmakers introduced in February. Members of Chico 350, the local chapter of the national climate advocacy group 350.org, drafted the declaration proposal last month. “The residents of Chico are already experiencing great economic loss and social, emotional and physical impact from climate related disasters,” they wrote. Members of the 14,000 households who lost their homes have tried to resettle in Chico, but it hasn’t been easy.

Source: Huffington Post April 04, 2019 20:48 UTC