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With over 100 active wildfires burning in Canada, wildfire smoke has drifted across the border into the United States, prompting Minnesota officials to issue the state's first air quality alert of 2024.

At least 37 of the 141 active fires burning in Canadian wildfires have been labeled "out of control," including one that started on Friday in British Columbia and has since spread to 4,200 acres, forcing the evacuation of the small town of Fort Nelson, and the Fort Nelson Indian Reserve, officials said.

Most of the active wildfires, at least 90, are in British Columbia and Alberta provinces.

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The effects of wildfire smoke are an increasing worry across the United States that is only expected to worsen, according to a study released in February.

By mid-century, the effects of wildfire smoke could bring startling health risks to 125 million Americans, according to the First Street Foundation, a climate-risk data provider.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Dammit Canada not this shit again

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I don't think they're doing it intentionally.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You’d be wrong

We purposely heated the globe by burning fossil fuels even though we knew this would happen

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but you can't attribute a global act to just Canada. They aren't a scapegoat.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They’re not even in the top ten of the largest CO2 contributing nations.

https://climatetrade.com/which-countries-are-the-worlds-biggest-carbon-polluters/

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Don’t worry, we over here at the west coast will be engulfed in flames soon enough.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I preemptively apologized for this a few weeks ago, but didn't call it being the West's fault. As stated before though, the states around and further south of Ontario and Quebec should brace themselves. It was a warm winter with nowhere near the proper amount of snow, so I expect a dry AF summer for us.

Not even bothering to get a fire permit this year, didn't get to use it last year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Axing the (carbon) Tax will surely help

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Axe the rebate would make a good campaign slogan

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

(Fake coughs passive-aggressively from the next table over)

Dated reference, but if you grew up in or before the 90s, you'll know what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I live in Duluth and it was crazy yesterday! This smoke filled the air and it was nearly impossible to breathe outside for any amount of time. I don't really like these last few summers....

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Manitoba has one that covers, as of Saturday, 35,000 hectares (86487 acres) and is 38 kms long x 12 kms wide (24 mi x 7.5 mi).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

Dammit Canada, we have plans for those forests! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpiNMPkIgM