“During the visit, President Biden will see firsthand the significant physical, human and economic costs of wildfires,” the official said. “As one in three Americans continues to be impacted by the increasing frequency of movement of extreme weather events, he will repeat the message he shared on the East Coast last week: the climate crisis is a code red.”
The official continued: “He will make clear that these extreme weather events require bold, ambitious and decisive action – right now.”
Biden’s visit on Monday will be his first official visit to the West Coast as president. He will first travel to Boise, Idaho, where he will receive a briefing from federal and state fire agency officials and visit the National Interagency Fire Center.
The president will then travel to Mather, California, where he will take an aerial tour of El Dorado County to receive a briefing from local, state and federal emergency response personnel about the effects of recent wildfires and survey damage from the Caldor Fire.
The president will comment on his administration’s response to recent wildfires and make the case for his dual economic proposals and in particular how they strengthen the country’s resilience to the climate crisis and extreme weather events.
In the evening, Biden will travel to Long Beach, California, and make remarks at a campaign rally with Governor Gavin Newsom ahead of Tuesday’s recall election. Newsom is attempting to block a Republican-backed effort to oust him, fueled by anger toward his pandemic restrictions.
The visit follows the president’s visits to New York and New Jersey last week where he surveyed the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. Biden said last week he planned to pressure Congress to take further action on his infrastructure proposals, as the remnants of Ida caused dangerous floods and tornadoes in the Northeast and wildfires across the western US. The fire was burning.
On Tuesday, the president will travel to Denver, Colorado, where he will continue his push for his economic agenda and argue how investments will help the country tackle the climate crisis and modernize the country’s infrastructure, the official said. .
According to the National Interagency Fire Center, 22 fires are currently burning in Idaho and 13 are burning in California.
Cal Fire Chief Thom Porter warned last week that California’s fire season is “not over yet” and forecasters predict dry and windy weather conditions are ideal for wildfires to ignite and expand. The environment will continue to be created.
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