Study says climate change doubled odds of big Canada fires, not mismanagement as Trump claims
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Study says climate change doubled odds of big Canada fires, not mismanagement as Trump claims
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PUBLISHED AUGUST 6, 2026
A new study calculates that human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires that sent smoke everywhere and raised the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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