Sen. Padilla Urges Climate Emergency Declaration From President Biden
July 20, 2022
July 20, 2022
WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release and letter on July 20, 2022:
As California continues to face longer, more intense wildfire seasons, an escalating drought, toxic air pollution, and extreme heat waves, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and a group of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to declare a climate emergency to unlock the powe . . .
As California continues to face longer, more intense wildfire seasons, an escalating drought, toxic air pollution, and extreme heat waves, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) today joined Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and a group of their colleagues in a letter to President Biden urging him to declare a climate emergency to unlock the powe . . .