Just posted to the National Wildlife Federation blog on how climate change is fueling the Arizona wildfires and may be permanently changing Western wildlife habitats. Watch more as Scott Pelley of CBS’s 60 Minutes interviews Tom Boatner, the federal government’s chief of fire operations, on the front lines on the connection between global warming and wildfires:

![[UPDATED 1/29/26] Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks to Blue Virginia About His “Five-Point Plan” to Fight Trump’s Orban-Like Assault on US Democracy; Civil Disobedience a la MLK Jr.; Trump’s Bogus “Energy Emergency”; the Crucial Importance of the 2025 VA Elections; etc.](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kaineinterview2-238x178.jpg)
![VA DEQ: “pollution from data centers currently makes up a very small but growing percentage of the [NoVA] region’s most harmful air emissions, including CO, NOx and PM2.5”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/noxdatacenters-238x178.jpg)





![Video: Regarding the 2025 VA Election – Which Democrats Won in a Landslide – Trump Points Insanely/Falsely to “Cheat[ing]”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/trumpvacheat-100x75.jpg)

