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Canadian wildfire smoke causes 'very unhealthy' conditions in American Midwest and reaches Europe (apnews.com)

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The smell of smoke hung over the Minneapolis-St. Paul area on Tuesday morning despite rain that obscured the full measure of the dirty air. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued an alert for almost the entire state into Wednesday, but the Twin Cities area got the worst of it in the Midwest on Tuesday.

“As the smoke continues to move across the state Tuesday, air quality will slowly improve from northwest to southeast for the remainder of the alert area,” the agency said. “The smoke is expected to leave the state by Wednesday at noon.”

Canada’s wildfires are so large and intense that the smoke is even reaching Europe, where it is causing hazy skies but isn’t expected to affect surface-air quality, according the European climate service Copernicus.

“That’s really an indicator of how intense these fires are, that they can deliver smoke,” high enough that they can be carried so far on jet streams, said Mark Parrington, senior scientist at the service.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Countdown till Trump complains about Canada over this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Don't worry, Americans, even though Trump's tariffs apply to imported gasses, we're not charging you for this so it's a 50% on $0.

You're welcome! Enjoy the free carbon vapor!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

What's next. Trump tariff on the smoke? Seems logical in the current absurdity we've created.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I see what you are doing here Canada good job *cough *cough