Minnesota, Canadian and Wildfire
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Axios on MSNCanada won't play Minnesota GOP's wildfire smoke blame gameMinnesotans are inhaling another plume of smoke from Canada this week, and an attempt to blame Canada's handling of wildfires is being met with eye-rolls north of the border. Why it matters: Experts say smoky summers are likely the new normal in Minnesota and many parts of North America unaccustomed to dealing with the haze as climate change turns the continent's forests into tinderboxes.
An air quality alert is in effect for nearly the entire state through Friday, but northern and central Minnesota will bear the brunt of it, due to their proximity to Canadian wildfires.
The baseless arson claims continue to gain traction, even with lawmakers from the United States. Multiple Republican lawmakers from Wisconsin and Minnesota recently continued the arson blame game and accused Canada of having poor forest management, saying their constituents are suffering because of it. The letter made no mention of climate change.
The blazes have destroyed nearly 15 million acres of land, and the fire season is expected to go into September. With it comes the threat of smoky days in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Dear Minnesota Reps. Tom Emmer, Brad Finstad, Michelle Fischbach and Pete Stauber, and your two GOP colleagues from Wisconsin, Tom Tiffany and Glenn Grothman. Canada here. We got your letter telling us that you Minnesotans are having trouble breathing from all the smoke drifting down from our wildfires.
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As of Tuesday, 5,106,234 hectares (12,617,779 acres) had burned in wildfires across Canada this year, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center. Advertisement
Over the past three months, more than 5,000 wildfires have burned across Canada, scorching more than 27 million acres. And Minnesotans have been on the front line of fighting those flames.