How the Pacific Northwest is combating heat and smoke

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“If you have built your infrastructure dependent on electricity, and there’s a power outage during more extreme events, you kind of set yourself up for a catastrophic event,” said Claire Richards, an assistant professor at Washington State University College of Nursing and a member of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility Climate Action Task Force.

“If you have built your infrastructure dependent on electricity, and there’s a power outage during more extreme events, you kind of set yourself up for a catastrophic event,” said Claire Richards, an assistant professor at Washington State University College of Nursing and a member of the Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility Climate Action Task Force.