The West Coast is facing 'apocalyptic' conditions amid wildfires worsened by climate change Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Sen. Jeff Merkley told ABC News.
George Stephanopoulos interviews Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., and Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on"This Week."
Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Sen. Jeff Merkley questions witnesses during a hearing about U.S.-Russia relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, Dec. 03, 2019, in Washington.. It's just a -- a big and devastating lie," Merkley said after being questioned by Stephanopoulos on whether forest management was contributing to the fires."The Cascade snowpacks have gotten smaller. Our forests have gotten drier. Our ocean has gotten warmer and more acidic.
"Most of the scientists thought maybe we had a few more years to deal with this. But it's today. The orange skies over California is something that we thought Hollywood just would portray in some apocalypse movie. But it's today," he added.
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