How Fire is disrupting water in the West and putting big companies at risk
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How Fire is disrupting water in the West and putting big companies at risk

Fire across California is jeopardizing the state's watersheds, as they will soon create floods and mudslides that contaminate reservoirs. They also destroy the trees that are needed to control water flow. That has a massive impact on all sorts of big companies, from agriculture, to household products to tech. So companies are now buying big into forest restoration projects, including the resilience bond we reported on a few years ago. It's gone from a $4 million initial offer to over $200 million. We talk to forest experts as well as interview Proctor and Gamble, which the products it makes and we use are all at risk.
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