Environmental, health and labor groups are asking FEMA to fund efforts addressing wildfire smoke and severe heat impacts to "address climate emergency." Labor groups are part of the petition because of the disproportionate impacts these events have on people who are working. "Up until now, FEMA has never granted a disaster request for extreme heat or wildfire smoke," said Center for Biological Diversity energy justice director Jean Su. "We've talked to many state and local governments that are really desperate for federal funding to actually tackle these huge issues that require tons of infrastructure and deployment." Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/environmental-health-labor-groups-petition-fema-for-resources-for-extreme-heat-wildfire-smoke/281-e46730ba-6137-4e6d-bbbb-96c4cd56f3ff