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title: Watch Obama’s chief science advisor explain the climate/wildfire link in 3 minutes
date: 2014-08-06T23:09:55Z
modified: 2014-08-06T23:09:55Z
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  - Climate Impacts
  - North America
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Right after California declared a state of emergency for wildfires on Saturday, the White House released this video featuring President Obama’s science adviser, John Holdren, to explain how climate change and wildfires are linked.