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California governor calls for protecting 30% of state land

by Associated Press
| October 8, 2020 12:03 AM

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday to protect nearly a third of California’s land and coastal waters in his latest effort to fight climate change that he has blamed for recent record-breaking wildfires.

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