“The future happens in California first” long referred to the state’s reputation as an environmental leader. It’s come to describe the Golden State’s front row seat to a rotating list of overlapping extreme events that are appearing with ever more frequency and ferocity as the climate warms. Now new research suggests that being on the front lines of climate change is making Californians sick.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02022024/extreme-heat-and-wildfire-smoke-hits-disadvantaged-californians-hardest/