In case you hadn’t heard, the East Coast is currently under a haze of smoke thanks to wildfires raging in Canada.
The entire eastern half of the United States is overwhelmed by smoke from Canadian wildfires
— Bryan Beal 🎧 (@bryanrbeal) June 7, 2023
Downtown DC smells like a literal forest fire
— Bryan Beal 🎧 (@bryanrbeal) June 7, 2023
No joke, I'm in Fairfax County, about 600 miles from Quebec, and not only is the haze visible, it smells like somebody's having a campfire next door. https://t.co/xLafOadSoM
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) June 7, 2023
As an orange haze of wildfire smoke from Canada smothers parts of the eastern US, officials are warning residents in both countries of unhealthy or hazardous air Wednesday.
More than 55 million people in the eastern US are under air quality alerts due to the smoke. The heaviest smoke is forecast to impact the Northeast through the Mid-Atlantic and down to the Carolinas, and smoke conditions in those regions could last through at least Thursday.
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While New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, are expected to see their air quality improve throughout the day, the air over Boston, Pittsburgh and Raleigh, North Carolina, is expected to get worse Wednesday.
New York City had the worst air pollution of any major city in the world at one point Tuesday night, before dropping to second-worst behind New Delhi, India, according to air quality tracker IQair.
Wildfires in Canada choking the East Coast? There can only be one possible explanation:
Right now, 98 MILLION people on the East Coast are under air quality alerts from Canadian fires and, last night, NYC had the worst air quality in the world. Climate change makes wildfires more frequent and widespread. If we do nothing, this is our new reality. It's time to act.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) June 7, 2023
Climate change! Because of course!
For what it’s worth, Bernie was beaten to the blame-climate-change punch by over 12 hours by AOC. Because of course!
Between NYC in wildfire smoke and this in PR, it bears repeating how unprepared we are for the climate crisis.
We must adapt our food systems, energy grids, infrastructure, healthcare, etc ASAP to prepare for what’s to come and catch up to what is already here. #GreenNewDeal 🌱 https://t.co/GT7hY4Ffm3
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 7, 2023
“We must adapt our food systems, energy grids, infrastructure, healthcare, etc. ASAP to prepare for what’s to come and catch up to what is already here.”
As it happens, what is already here is not climate change, but … arson. Quite a bit of arson, actually:
Authorities determined that the current wildfires are the result of deliberate Arson – Not a damn thing to do with " Climate Crisis". Dangerous and deliberate misinformation from an elected official is NOT a good look, AOC. https://t.co/uvUhY8iEfA
— Cap'n Conservative (@michael1980elco) June 7, 2023
That article is from May 2023. It seems that in August and September of 2022, there was a series of wildfires in Alberta that were determined to have been started intentionally. Wildfires in April 2023 were also ruled to be the result of arson. This is apparently a thing in Canada:
— Commonsense Dog (@dbeeswax) June 7, 2023
— Commonsense Dog (@dbeeswax) June 7, 2023
Given how quickly AOC was to pounce and seize on the current Canadian wildfires as an opportunity to try to sell Americans on her authoritarian garbage Green New Deal, let’s just say I wouldn’t be surprised if she got desperate enough one of these days to start setting fires herself. Based on her personality, that definitely seems like something she’d do, doesn’t it? She’s messy AF.
Anyway, I’ll leave you with this thought, because it’s just really appropriate when it comes to anyone who tries to lecture us on our alleged crimes against the climate:
I'm just going to enjoy the irony of super-progressive green Canada fouling up our air. https://t.co/cMfbLcTTkQ
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) June 7, 2023
Straight into our veins. Hey, might as well. It’s already in our air.
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