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Californien er allerede ild
Californien er allerede ild
De er ikke for sjov, skovbrandene der i øjeblikket hærger den amerikanske vestkyst. Ligesom det var tilfældet med skovbrandene i Australien tidligere på året, er det, som om superlativerne her ikke længere rækker. Alting er vildere og voldsommere end nogensinde før. Den globale opvarmning har sat sit umiskendelige, dystre fingeraftryk på verden. Journalist Shannon Stirone, der har boet i Californien hele sit liv, skriver tankevækkende i Esquire om den amerikanske vestkyst, der ikke længere er et forjættet land, men en overophedet dystopi.
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