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“Near a Breaking Point:” Trump Is Failing Firefighters in an Intense Burn Season

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.

“Near a Breaking Point:” Trump Is Failing Firefighters in an Intense Burn Season

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous.

While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal […]

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Firefighters battling enormous wildfires in the United States say the federal government is failing them at a time when supercharged blazes have made their jobs exponentially more dangerous. While the US continues to grapple with a critical shortage of federal […]

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