Photo: ReutersJoe Biden has branded President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while Trump blamed lax forestry and declared, "I don't think science knows." At least 25 people have perished in California wildfires since mid-August, and one fatality has been confirmed in Washington state. Biden, the former vice president, has included climate change on his list of major crises facing the United States. Calling Trump a "climate arsonist," Biden said: "If we have four more years of Trump's climate denial, how many suburbs will be burned by wildfires? “I don’t think science knows.”Tens of thousands of displaced residents across the Pacific Northwest continued to adjust to life as evacuees.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 15, 2020 22:18 UTC