This hearing of the subcommittee conservation and forestry titled the 2020 while very dear response and Recovery Efforts will come to order. Welcome and thank you for joining todays hearing with mr. John phipps did deputy chief for state and private forestry. After a brief opening remarks the hearing will open to questions. Members will be recognized in order of seniority alternating between majority and minority members. When you are recognized to be asked to unmute your microphone and you will have five minutes to ask your question or make a comment. In order to get as many questions as possible the timer will stay consistently visible on your screen. Thank you for joining us here today in washington and on line for this critical hearing on the wildfires ravaging the western United States. We have all seen the footage from california oregon and washington. It is a real and it is terrifying. I want to talk today about what we can do to meet the needs and face the challenges presented
Is improvements thats where that were talking about moderate as improvements. But thats how bad we were just a couple of days ago. Now conditions will continue to get better as we make our way especially into thursday and friday these are your 2 days to really savor because theyre going have the best air quality before weekend conditions look likely to get a little worse yet again. 50s and 60s right now for your morning temperatures, not a bad way to start the morning. Later on today will be in the 70s 80s, not a bad way to spend the afternoon either robin thank you john were checking in on the Richmond Center fell where the drive time its double what it normally is because of an accident a minor crash, but its blocking. And its adding to the backup. So lets check in on west bound 5. 80 leading up to the pay gates, the crashes right after the view and we see looks like fire trucks responding to that as well if you look over to the right you can see some of fire trucks rolling out to th
Sides of the atlantic. 1 , tech00 up 4 10 of doing the heavy lifting. The stoxx 600 up 6 10 of 1 . Euro weakness today. It started before the durable goods number and the news out of berlin. Weakness in the russian ruble. Isssure from belarus increasing on moscow and the ruble is taking it harder as a result. Keep an eye on japan. There is a press conference with it is friday and fascinating to see where we go. European stocks lagging their american peers. This anlysts calling opportunity to shift investments from the United States to hear in europe. Will that happen or will that be missed . Scarlet it is kind of happening right now, and europe looks appealing because it is a diversification away from the u. S. Which is crowded, high devaluation, and trading highs. There is stimulus coming in europe, 27 member nations able to agree on more public spending , in contrast to what we have seen in the u. S. Fund flows for the biggest equity etf in the u. S. Got the itt since january, and si
A back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and so their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the us elections on a. Sustainable Food Production is one of the greatest challenges for the future. With Global Demand for food set to increase by nearly 70 percent by 2050. Agriculture is one of the most polluting and ecologically damaging industries. If we want to keep food on the table without continuing to ravage on natural environments. We need to completely rethink how industries work. And russell beard in finland where one restaurant is championing a hyper local circular economy to create a revolutionary approach to dining i must. Say. Scientists are contacting jellyfish by taking them out of the sea and on top. In developed countries like finland its hard to imagine that were in the thick of a global food crisis. These helsinki shelves are stacked to the hilt with a wide variety of tasty treat bear salami. The worst a true cost of all this choice t
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