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Canadian wildfire smoke hits more than a dozen US states

Mon, 2023-07-17 09:52 — mike kraft

Canadian wildfire smoke puts around 70 million US residents under air quality alerts | CNN Canadian wildfire smoke continues to plague the United States, triggering air quality alerts for more than a dozen states from Montana to Vermont. Caitlin Kaiser CNN

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U.N. Climate talks chiefsays world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’

Thu, 2023-07-13 09:51 — mike kraft

Climate talks chief, who also heads oil company, says world must ‘attack all emissions, everywhere’

BERLIN (AP) — The head of this year’s United Nations’ climate talks called Thursday for governments and businesses to tackle global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions in all regions and sectors if they want to stop the planet from passing a key temperature limit agreed on more than seven years ago.

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Nearly half of US drinking water may contain toxic 'forever chemicals'

Fri, 2023-07-07 10:26 — mike kraft

Nearly half of US drinking water may contain toxic 'forever chemicals' Nearly half of U.S. tap water samples contain toxic "forever chemicals," substances used in hundreds of household items from cleaning supplies to pizza boxes to which broad exposure can carry serious health risks, according to a new study. Rachel Nostrant Reuters

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Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse -- the ‘new abnormal’

Mon, 2023-07-03 09:57 — mike kraft

Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' As smoky as the summer has been so far, scientists say it will likely be worse in future years because of climate change. AP News

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Advice on coping with wildfire smoke and heat wave

Fri, 2023-06-30 09:51 — mike kraft

How to minimize the health risks from wildfire smoke | CNN Millions of people in the US are under air quality alerts as smoke from Canadian wildfires sweeps through the Midwest and East Coast. Jen Christensen CNN

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A hot, smoky summer expected in much of America.

Thu, 2023-06-29 11:04 — mike kraft

Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it Forecasters say the only break much of America can hope for anytime soon from eye-watering dangerous smoke from fire-struck Canada is brief bouts of shirt-soaking sweltering heat and humidity from a southern heat wave that has already proven deadly. AP News

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Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way

Wed, 2023-06-28 18:38 — mike kraft

Rain has failed to quell Canadian wildfires, and more smoky haze is on the way, officials say Canadian officials say a large amount of rain in Quebec in recent days didn’t fall in the areas where there wildfires are most active and they expect air quality to remain a concern through the summer, as long as the fires continue. AP News

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Drifting smoke from the wildfires has lowered curtains of haze on broad swaths of Canada and the United States, pushing into southern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, and moving into parts of West Virginia.

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