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Climate Change Doubles 2026 Canada Wildfire Odds, Trump Threatens Tariffs

8/9/2026

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World Weather Attribution reported climate change made the 2026 Canadian wildfires twice as likely.
Hotter, drier conditions in northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories doubled extreme fire-weather odds.
Over 5,000 square miles (12,950 km²) burned in the Northwest Territories after lightning sparked the blaze.
President Donald Trump blamed Canada’s forest management, called the smoke “poisonous air,” and threatened tariffs as orange skies covered New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

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World Weather Attribution reported climate change made the 2026 Canadian wildfires twice as likely.
Hotter, drier conditions in northwestern Ontario and the Northwest Territories doubled extreme fire-weather odds.
Over 5,000 square miles (12,950 km²) burned in the Northwest Territories after lightning sparked the blaze.
President Donald Trump blamed Canada’s forest management, called the smoke “poisonous air,” and threatened tariffs as orange skies covered New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.