Climate change dominates discussion at Lake Tahoe Summit
A bipartisan group of California and Nevada lawmakers and community members gathered Tuesday for the 26th annual Lake Tahoe Summit, an event dedicated to protecting the future of the region. The event fell on the same day President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which promises hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy investments and action plans to reduce emissions. … Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla was also in attendance. He has supported $7 million in funding for fire suppression water infrastructure in the Tahoe Basin through the federal fiscal year 2022.
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