Ladies and gents, thank you very much for coming. First of all, we are into the season where the city tends to empty out and so we are all really delighted that you are empty out. Season where the city tends to here to discuss a problem that is arguably as important here in the United States as it is around the world where we will be free hope focusing on it. Let me introduce myself and we will be conversing with. Im sarah at the Carnegie Endowment for international peace, and the democracy and rule of law program, not the climate and energy program. Simon is going to kick us off, simon taylor, whose one of the founders of Global Witness, which is in my view one of the most innovative and effective organizations working in this space around the world and it interestingly combines advocacy with extremely rigorous investigations, and thats one of the things we will be talking about today, a recent report by Global Witness about shows activities in nigeria. He also helped galvanize a orga
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Firefighters are not sure what sparked it but the conditions are extreme. The drive up sierra road have warning signs for extreme fire danger, so firefighters are investigating the cause and will be on the scene for several hours making sure this does not reignite. Good morning, i am natasha zouves. I am reggie aqui. A check of the weather and traffic. Drew, it will be hot . It is. There will be poor air quality. Good morning. The spare the air day is in affect again. From sutro tower you can see we are fog free on way to a warm to hot day. Century mark inland at the bay in the my 80s. You want relief at the coast and it is only in the low 60s. Frances . Off to a quiet start. A shot of interstate 80 through emeryville westbound traffic is looking good with no problems from the carquinez bridge with road work. It will be cleared right now. Westbound five to the bay bridge or if you are headed to the richmondsan rafael it is delay free. We have big news this morning for california studen
Cause was when i was there, have they narrowed it down any further . They think it might be fireworks related. Were here in the East Foothills of san jose where you see some of the cliffs here. It is popular for bikers and for people setting off fire works. The call came in around 2 30 this morning. You can see the wall of flames. It might sound like a lot for a small brush fire, but not when you consider that the fire season is in full swing and the conditions are so dry. With different weather conditions it could have been far more serious. This is a very, very hazardous area. So we had a huge response of resources. No homes threatened this morning, the closest house is about a mile away. They had this fire contained before daybreak. Temperatures are supposed to hit 90 degrees today. Upper 90s later. They hope what happened her reminds the rest of the area about the dangers. You can see the hills are dry in both places. Kari, going to get dry in the next few days. Yes, right now in s