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Wildfires are set to double Canada's climate emissions this year (financialpost.com)
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[–] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 2 points 1 year ago

Deeply unfortunate. I think this is a clear demonstration of the importance of having good forest management and of having a national fire service. Though climate change has made these fires more severe, there are still steps Canada could have taken and should take in the future to prevent it from getting this bad this quickly and for this long.