SAN FRANCISCO -- A coalition of climate groups is crowdfunding to help Californians affected by the state's historic drought and devastating wildfires. The California Drought Relief Fund, which launched late last month, asks the public to help provide relief for communities hurt by the lack of rainfall over the last three years. The fund started with $100,000 in seed money from billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer and his wife, philanthropist Kat Taylor, and aims to raise an additional $150,000 from crowdfunded donations. (Steyer launched a similar campaign, the Climate Relief Fund, on a national scale last year.) "From devastating drought to dangerous...
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