Original air date: January 25th 2026
For over a decade, California’s wildfires have continued to grip attention. They aren’t just regional disasters, they affect every taxpayer paying tens of billions each year for firefighting, recovery, and federal disaster aid. Politicians and experts frequently point to climate change as the culprit. Today, we examine the real way people are fueling our own disasters.
The following is a transcript of a report from “Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson.”Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the page.
We arrived to the hilly terrain of Paradise, California on an unusually foggy morning six years after the historic Camp Fire. Mayor Steven Crowder was elected two days before the fire started in November of 2018.
Sharyl: Are you worried about another fire?
Crowder: Not like we were before. I mean, we’re taking a lot of preventative steps.
The Camp Fire was the deadliest and most destructive in California history killing 84 people and causing $16 billion in damage mostly here in the town of Paradise.
In its wake, some pinned the blame on climate change.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) (Oct. 9, 2024): First and foremost, we have to address climate change.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (Sept. 10, 2020): Mother Earth is angry. She’s telling us, whether she is telling us with hurricanes on the Gulf Coast, fires in the West.
Source: Sharyl Attkisson
