Data Show Wildfires’ Relationship to Logging Employment in California
We need more data on how private companies are profiting off disaster and how much of that is funded by the state and insurance companies.
We need more data on how private companies are profiting off disaster and how much of that is funded by the state and insurance companies.
There is no denying that climate change is going to create more jobs in the disaster-recovery industry. But whether those are jobs with strong worker protections and fair pay depends on government reassessing its role in dealing with this consequence of a hotter planet.