WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s upcoming budget will include a proposal to change the way the federal government pays to fight wildfires, a White House official said Saturday.
The proposal is part of the White House’s effort to ramp up its focus on what officials say are the growing impacts of climate change. The president will discuss the proposal Monday during a meeting with Western governors from states impacted by wildfires and drought.
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