Climate Resilience
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As temperatures rise this week, so do the concerns about wildfire risk.
To help cut these risks, Congressman Sam Liccardo announced the Wildfire Resilience Partnership, a new initiative aimed at fighting flames.
The South Bay congressman also introduced a critical part of the program: robots.
Burnbot, a company based in San Francisco, created a robot that can gobble up poison oak, brush and even small trees. The robot spits the back into the soil, helping reduce erosion and eliminate much of the fuel fires feed on.
One local lawmaker wants to put high fire risk communities at the forefront of wildfire prevention and mitigation, with federal help.
Twenty members of California's House delegation are demanding that NOAA investigate the causes behind the rise of gray whale deaths off the state's coast.
All members of Congress from the Bay Area have signed a letter that was delivered to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Wednesday that calls on the agency to investigate the high number of gray whale deaths recorded off the coast of California this year.