This two and a half hour hearing included testimony from an interior Department Official and deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wyde
Receive testimony on 15 bills pending before the public lands Forest Service and mining subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills on todays agenda, im not going to go through all of them right now, but the complete agenda will of course be included in the record. I want to know they have a former member of the committee here, senator landrieu with us in the back and weve got members who will be joining us shortly have another Committee Assignments at the moment. We have others who will be joining us by telephone i believe. I also want to begin by recognizing that a staggering loss of life that has occurred and embed it within what has shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season. More than 36 people have perished in the inferno is raging over it towards the westn United States. Dozens more are missing. In oregon, my colleague, senator wydens, home state of thousands of lost homes and evacuated. Elsewhere we have wind driven fires that continue to spread across our federal
Washington journal. Join the discussion with your comments. Wildfires continue to burn along the west coast, a public works subcommittee considers legislative options for addressing the wildfires in force management. This hearing includes testimony from an interior Department Official and the deputy chief of the u. S. Forest service. Good afternoon, everyone. The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on 15 bills before the public lands subcommittee. Because of the large number of bills, i cant go through all of them right now. The agenda will be included in the record. I want to note that we have a former member of our committee, a longtime member of the senate. Weve got members who will be joining us shortly, who will have another Committee Assignment at the moment. Others will be joining us telephonically. Lossoflifeognize that has occurred. Within what is shaped up to be a really horrific wildfire season, more than 36 people have perished in infernos raging through the wes
And evicted by penguins we look at australian attempts to empty an estate, to make room for a colony of little penguins. Live from our studios in singapore and london. This is bbc world news. Good morning. Its 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7 pm in new york, where about 60 World Leaders are gathered for a special un Climate Summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle Climate Change. The un chief, Antonio Guterres, says he expects the summit to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2050. With the latest from new york, heres nick bryant. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So, today at the riverside headquarters of the united nations, an urgent Climate Action summit. This global body, once more, sounding the alarm. The world is losing the ra
Of travel company thomas cook. And evicted by penguins we look at australian attempts to empty an estate, to make room for a colony of little penguins. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, 1am in london and 8 pm in new york where about 60 World Leaders have gathered for a special un Climate Summit amid signs of a distinct public shift over how to tackle Climate Change. The aim was to deliver a number of meaningful plans to dramatically reduce emissions during the next decade, reaching Carbon Neutrality by 2050. Nick bryant reports. A sweltering september scorcher in new york city not much sign of autumn here. And it hasntjust been a long summer, but north of the equator, the hottest ever on record. So, today at the riverside headquarters of the United Nations, an urgent Climate Action summit. This global body, once more, sounding the alarm. The world is losing the race against Climate Change. Applause. In this air conditioned auditorium, the heat came from the 16 year old swedish activi