(AP) — President Joe Biden will promote his administration’s use of a wartime law to aid in wildfire preparedness during a Western swing in which he’ll survey wildfire damage Monday in Idaho and California. Biden planned to showcase the move as part of his administration’s efforts to address yet another devastating wildfire season across the Western U.S. Biden’s Western visit is aimed primarily at drumming up support for his massive $3.5 trillion spending plan by linking it to beating back wildfires and upgrading social programs. Biden traveled recently to New York, New Jersey and Louisiana to survey damage caused by Hurricane Ida. “Folks, the evidence is clear: Climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy,” he said during the New York visit.
