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As massive wildfires continued ripping through Los Angeles on Thursday, leaving utter devastation in their wake, climate campaigners said blame for the infernos ultimately lies with the mega-profitable oil and gas giants that have spent decades knowingly fueling the crisis that made the emergency in southern California possible. ' Los Angeles is burning. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped off the map.
It is essential that federal and state authorities continue to provide these communities with all the resources and support they need to recover and heal,' said Jealous. 'Barely a week into the new year, and fire season is here. This is not normal.''Time and again, we are witnessing fossil fuel-driven climate change heighten extreme weather, making wildfires increasingly common and increasingly destructive,' he continued. 'We cannot be passive.
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