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Emergency teams reopened the only road into Patuanak early Monday, allowing residents who had been trapped there to evacuate as wildfires continue to threaten parts of northern Saskatchewan.
Scattering sunlight, disrupting bees, damaging plant tissue - farmers can’t always offset the effects of smoky days
Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S.
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Mongabay News on MSNThe world’s children suffer brunt of wildfire smoke health impactsAs record wildfires erupt across Canada this year, with health-threatening smoke drifting into the U.S. and as far away as Europe — and with wildfires in 2024 becoming the leading driver of tropical forest loss for the first time in history — a disturbing childhood statistic requires urgent attention by parents and caregivers across the
“Fire is always where people are,” Flannigan continues. “It goes with us wherever we go. But the genie is out of the bottle. Fire is now uncontrollable, and we're going to see more and more fire and more and more catastrophic fire.”
Wildfires have been raging along the West Coast and in Canada for most of the spring and summer. For some U.S. residents, waking up to poor air quality alerts and haze-filled skies has become the norm.
As Canadian wildfires continue to affect air quality across parts of the US, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, US lawmakers are seeking clarity on how Canadian officials are managing the growing wildfire threat, according to a report from media outlet KSTP.
U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Minocqua) was among six Republican Congressmen from Wisconsin and Minnesota who have submitted a letter to a U.S. ambassador to Canada, urging the country to do a better job in managing its forests.
People living in the West much more likely than those in the rest of the country to have taken action to reduce wildfire risk