From Wildfire to Climate Migration: The Stories of Santa Cruz's CCU Lighting Complex Fire Survivors

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From Wildfire to Climate Migration: The Stories of Santa Cruz's CCU Lighting Complex Fire Survivors
May 09, 2023 Season 1 Episode 4
Thomas Totushek

The podcast episode explores the climate migration caused by the CCU lighting complex fires in Santa Cruz, California during the summer of 2020. It features interviews with three climate migrants who were forced to leave their homes due to the fires and their experiences with relocating. The episode highlights the impact of climate change on California and the increasing number of climate emigrants leaving the state. The episode concludes by acknowledging the irreversible effects of climate change and the growing trend of climate migration.