California ablaze
California is once again ablaze with forest fires - we look at how the state is coping with the strain of mass evacuations, smoke pollution and the pandemic.
California is once again ablaze with forest fires - we look at how the state is coping with mass evacuations, smoke pollution and a pandemic. Turkey has announced the biggest find of gas in the country's history. We hear about Soul City in the US, designed as an economic engine for black communities after the war. Plus, the European hunt for minerals to go in electric car batteries and reducing the amount of methane gas which cows produce. We discuss all this with Elizabeth Gwynn – reporter for Nine News who is in New South Wales.
(Image: The Hennessey fire, part of LNU Lightning Complex fire, continues burning the hills of Napa County, California on 20th August 2020. Photo by Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/East Bay Times via Getty Images)
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