Climate change is like war, California's Jerry Brown says
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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown uses an all-terrain vehicle to tour his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Brown is living off the grid in retirement on a rural stretch of land his family has owned since the 19th century. But he's still deeply connected on climate change and the threat of nuclear war, two issues that have long captivated him. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)With his dog, Colusa at his feet, former California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his life out of office, at his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. The 83-year-old, who left office in 2019, serves as executive chairman of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which sets the Doomsday Clock measuring how close humanity is to self-destruction. He's also on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former Gov. Jerry Brown watches as his wife, Anne Gust Brown transfers olives into boxes during the olive harvest at their ranch near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Beyond tending to his vast property, Brown remains engaged on issues including climate change and the threat of nuclear war. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown looks over some his olive trees during harvest time at his home near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Brown harvests olives on the property where he's lived since leaving the governor's office in 2019. He and his wife, Anne Gust Brown, turn the harvest into olive oil that they share with friends. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust Brown pick olives during harvest time at their home near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Since leaving office in 2019, the Brown lives in rural Colusa County, where he tends to his small olive tree orchard and in the fall invites friends and old colleagues to help with the harvest. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown, center in orange hat, has lunch with friends and old colleagues who traveled to Colusa County ranch to help him with the olive harvest on his ranch near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Brown is living off the grid in retirement, but he's still deeply connected on two issues that captivated him while in office and now are center stage globally: climate change and the threat of nuclear war. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Bottles of Mountain House Olive Oil, produced by former California Gov. Jerry Brown are displayed at Brown's home near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown climbs through the branches of an olive tree as he harvests his olive crop at his ranch near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. Brown is living off the grid in retirement on a rural stretch of land his family has owned since the 19th century. But he's still deeply connected on climate change and the threat of nuclear war, two issues that have long captivated him. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown poses for a photo on one of the hills on his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Brown is living off the grid in retirement, but he's still deeply connected on two issues that captivated him while in office and now are center stage globally: climate change and the threat of nuclear war. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown stands on the bed of an all-terrain vehicle to pick olives during harvest time at his home near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his life out of office, at his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Brown commended President Joe Biden for not raising the U.S. nuclear threat level after Russian President Vladimir Putin made veiled threats to use his countrys nuclear arsenal amid its war in Ukraine. Brown also urged Biden to resist Republican calls to increase oil production as gasoline prices soar. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his life out of office, at his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown gets help harvesting olives from 21-month-old Mae Callahan Johnson, at his ranch near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Mae's mother, Jamie Callahan, a former member of Brown's governor's office staff, was one of the more than two dozen friends and old colleagues who made their way to Brown's rural Colusa County ranch to help with the olive harvest. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown and his wife, Anne Gust Brown take their dogs, Colusa, left, and Cali, right, for a walk at their ranch near Williams, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)Former California Gov. Jerry Brown walks past one of the two solar panels that provides the power to his home near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. In the three years since he left office, he's lived with his wife, Anne Gust Brown, in a home that's literally off the grid, meaning its unconnected to the local electric utilities and powered by solar energy. Beyond tending to the vast property, Brown remains engaged on issues including climate changes and the threat of nuclear war. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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Former California Gov. Jerry Brown uses an all-terrain vehicle to tour his ranch near Williams, Calif., Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Brown is living off the grid in retirement on a rural stretch of land his family has owned since the 19th century. But he's still deeply connected on climate change and the threat of nuclear war, two issues that have long captivated him. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)