Amid Politics, Research on Harmful Health Impacts of Wildfire Smoke Piles Up
"A growing body of research shows the cascading health impacts of wildfire smoke, from cognitive decline to heart issues."
Source: Inside Climate News, 07/17/2025
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"The Nightmare Mess Left by One Closed Pulp Mill"
"Documents expose the huge cleanup BC faces for Port Alice and 11 more shut mills. Will new projects also slip off the hook?"
Source: The Tyee, 07/16/2025
Wildfire Smoke Is Showing Up Everywhere. It Can Be Fatal
Wildfire’s immensely destructive power is not just about what it burns. The smoke from more frequent fires, too, has real potential to harm human health, the new Backgrounder explains, releasing particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, sulfur oxides and worse. Learn more about the hazards and historical perspective, along with what journalists should tell their communities can be done.
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Ontario Allowed Toxic Air Near First Nation For Years Despite Health Risks
"Aamjiwnaang First Nation has spent decades battling Sarnia’s industrial emissions. Documents show the Ontario government knew stricter pollution rules were needed long before it acted"
Source: The Narwhal, 06/30/2025
Rethinking Forest Management in the Pyrocene
Recent urban-interface infernos, fueled by climate change, leave no doubt that we have entered the age of runaway fire. Writer and ecologist Lauren Oakes writes that large-scale combustion is permanently reshaping ecosystems and societies as we learn to live with wildfire, not just fight it. Instead of perpetuating problematic approaches to forest management, experts call for confronting the root causes of this crisis and adopting science-informed responses.
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Heat Dome Will Blanket Much of US, With Worrisome Temperatures In Midwest
"Summer will make a dramatic entrance in the U.S. this week with a heat dome that will bring stifling temperatures and uncomfortable humidity to millions."
Source: AP, 06/20/2025
"The Smoke From Canada’s Wildfires May Be Even More Toxic Than Usual"
"A legacy of mining means that toxic metals could be carried along plumes of smoke."
Source: Grist, 06/09/2025
Big Bill Hands Public Land Near Minnesota Wilderness To Foreign Mining Company
"A little-known provision of Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill would open thousands of acres of public lands at the edge of Minnesota’s Boundary Waters wilderness to a foreign-owned mining company."
Source: Public Domain, 06/09/2025
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