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As people across the United States endured the wildfires and high temperatures made more likely and extreme by fossil fuel-driven global heating, a coalition on Monday called for expanding the disasters for which Americans can receive federal relief.
' 'The AFL-CIO calls on FEMA to swiftly classify heat and wildfires as 'major disasters' under the Stafford Act to ensure workers and their communities—especially marginalized communities—have the resources they need to prepare for and respond to the ongoing threats of climate change,' she added. 'FEMA has the power to save lives—and we urge them to use that power to meet this emergency with the urgency it deserves.
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