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===== Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality by Eric Holthaus 30/5/25 The Guardian]

Enormous early-season wildfires have erupted across the prairie provinces of Canada this week, taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.

===== Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/fires-record-loss-forests-global-heating-agriculture-logging-brazil-bolivia-aoe by Patrick Greenfield 21/5/25 The Guardian]

The destruction of the world’s forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, driven by a surge in fires caused by global heating, according to “frightening” new data.

===== I Was There. I Know What Caused the Los Angeles Firestorms. =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/15/2297158/-I-Was-There-I-Know-What-Caused-the-Los-Angeles-Firestorms?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Philvarn 15/1/25 DAILY KOS]

Republicans and the lazy news media will gaslight us with stories of what went wrong and who’s to blame, in order to distract us from the real cause of this firestorm: climate change.

===== Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/polluter-pay-bill-climate-disasters by Tom Perkins 15/1/25 The Guardian]

Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found.

===== “Tinderbox”: How Fossil Fuel Companies & Electric Utilities Intensified L.A. Wildfires, Climate Chaos =====

[https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/13/la_fires_climate_policy by Leah Strokes 13/1/25 DEMOCRACY NOW]

We speak with Leah Stokes, a researcher on climate and energy policy, who says the scale of the Los Angeles wildfires is a result of burning fossil fuels and destabilizing the planet’s equilibrium. “The ultimate driver here is climate change,” says Stokes. She says that as people begin to consider rebuilding their communities, they should think about how to build more resilient homes or whether the risk is simply too great in some areas.

===== Wildfires and climate change =====

[https://www.sciline.org/climate/climate-change/ by REPORTING RESOURCES 19/1/23 SciLine]

Human-caused climate change is a significant contributor to the increasing size, intensity, and damage of western U.S. wildfires, and to a lengthening of U.S. fire seasons.

===== Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists =====

[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-fire-fossil-fuel-big-oil by Tzeporah Berman 11/1/25 The Guardian]

Apocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least seven people have died. Thousands of structures have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. The private forecaster AccuWeather estimates initial damage and economic loss at more than $50bn and has the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history.

===== Remember “Dampen the forests”? Now, the Deep South is choking, and wildlife is devastated in Canada. =====

[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/4/2197304/-Dampening-the-forest-floors-the-Deep-South-is-enveloped-in-smoke-and-wildlife-devastation-in-Canada?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Pakalolo 4/10/23 DAILY KOS]

Canadian wildfires are out of sight and out of mind for the most part. The fires only get press when the smoke affects human populations, particularly in the United States, such as New York City or Miami. Yes, all the way down to the Magic City.

===== Forest preservation can worsen climate change, UN affiliate says =====

[https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/05/forest-preservation-can-worsen-climate-change-un-affiliate-says-00387962 by Anne C.Mulkern 6/5/25 Climatewire]

Forests have been seen as one of the most effective places to counter climate change by absorbing carbon emissions. But that’s changed, says a May paper from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), an academic arm of the international U.N.

===== Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days =====

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+===== Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/canada-wildfires-air-quality by Eric Holthaus 30/5/25 The Guardian]
+ Enormous early-season wildfires have erupted across the prairie provinces of Canada this week, taxing local emergency response and threatening a long stretch of dangerous air quality across eastern North America.
+===== Fires drove record loss of world’s forests last year, ‘frightening’ data shows =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/21/fires-record-loss-forests-global-heating-agriculture-logging-brazil-bolivia-aoe by Patrick Greenfield 21/5/25 The Guardian]
+ The destruction of the world’s forests reached the highest level ever recorded in 2024, driven by a surge in fires caused by global heating, according to “frightening” new data.
+===== I Was There. I Know What Caused the Los Angeles Firestorms. =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/1/15/2297158/-I-Was-There-I-Know-What-Caused-the-Los-Angeles-Firestorms?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Philvarn 15/1/25 DAILY KOS]
+ Republicans and the lazy news media will gaslight us with stories of what went wrong and who’s to blame, in order to distract us from the real cause of this firestorm: climate change.
+===== Big oil pushed to kill bill that would have made them pay for wildfire disasters =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/15/polluter-pay-bill-climate-disasters by Tom Perkins 15/1/25 The Guardian]
+ Fossil-fuel industry lobbying in California spiked to record levels during the 2023-24 legislative session, and the polluter pay bill was among the most targeted pieces of legislation, a Guardian review of state lobby filings found.
+===== “Tinderbox”: How Fossil Fuel Companies & Electric Utilities Intensified L.A. Wildfires, Climate Chaos =====
+[https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/13/la_fires_climate_policy by Leah Strokes 13/1/25 DEMOCRACY NOW]
+ We speak with Leah Stokes, a researcher on climate and energy policy, who says the scale of the Los Angeles wildfires is a result of burning fossil fuels and destabilizing the planet’s equilibrium. “The ultimate driver here is climate change,” says Stokes. She says that as people begin to consider rebuilding their communities, they should think about how to build more resilient homes or whether the risk is simply too great in some areas.
+===== Wildfires and climate change =====
+[https://www.sciline.org/climate/climate-change/ by REPORTING RESOURCES 19/1/23 SciLine]
+ Human-caused climate change is a significant contributor to the increasing size, intensity, and damage of western U.S. wildfires, and to a lengthening of U.S. fire seasons.
+===== Los Angeles is on fire and big oil are the arsonists =====
+[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/11/los-angeles-fire-fossil-fuel-big-oil by Tzeporah Berman 11/1/25 The Guardian]
+ Apocalyptic flames and smoke are raging through southern California in the worst fire in Los Angeles county’s history. At least seven people have died. Thousands of structures have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. The private forecaster AccuWeather estimates initial damage and economic loss at more than $50bn and has the potential to be the costliest wildfire disaster in American history.
+===== Remember “Dampen the forests”? Now, the Deep South is choking, and wildlife is devastated in Canada. =====
+[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/10/4/2197304/-Dampening-the-forest-floors-the-Deep-South-is-enveloped-in-smoke-and-wildlife-devastation-in-Canada?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web by Pakalolo 4/10/23 DAILY KOS]
+ Canadian wildfires are out of sight and out of mind for the most part. The fires only get press when the smoke affects human populations, particularly in the United States, such as New York City or Miami. Yes, all the way down to the Magic City.
+===== Forest preservation can worsen climate change, UN affiliate says =====
+[https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/05/forest-preservation-can-worsen-climate-change-un-affiliate-says-00387962 by Anne C.Mulkern 6/5/25 Climatewire]
+ Forests have been seen as one of the most effective places to counter climate change by absorbing carbon emissions. But that’s changed, says a May paper from the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), an academic arm of the international U.N.
 ===== Canadian wildfires are record-breaking – and will threaten North American air quality for days =====