Don't Blame Us, Blame Climate Change

摘要

In late July and August, wildfires devastated an area north of San Francisco far bigger than New York City. They're part of a rash of fast-spreading blazes that have killed at least 57 people this year and last in the Golden State. Authorities haven't yet determined the cause of some of the fires, but the region's giant utility, PG&E Corp., sees a culprit: climate change. The blazes in recent years, it contends, are the latest example of how global warming has produced unusually hot, dry conditions that spawn more frequent and intense fires. "Climate change is no longer coming, it's here," Geisha Williams, chief executive officer of PG&E, said in an email. "And we are living with it every day."