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US government urged to declare wildfire smoke and extreme heat major disasters
Fourteen state attorney generals are urging the federal government to declare extreme heat and wildfire smoke major disasters. The petition comes as millions of people in the south and north-east face excessive heat advisories, and large swaths of the …