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Brown: California at ‘epicenter’ of climate change

By Juliet Williams
Published May 20, 2014 12:20am ET
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Brown: California at ‘epicenter’ of climate change
Richard Gray, left, joins others in a demonstration calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to end hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas, outside the auditorium where Brown spoke about climate change at the University of California Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics conference in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, May 19, 2014.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli) | Rich Pedroncelli

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is at the “epicenter” of global warming and other climate change, with the state experiencing longer fire seasons, rising sea levels and droughts that threaten agriculture, Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday.

The governor made his remarks during a conference about climate change, as California was mopping up from a string of wildfires in San Diego County that caused more than $20 million in damage.

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