This administration’s rollback of federal regulations on emissions, their push for more reliance on fossil fuels, the undercutting and killing of alternative energy projects, the denial of the very existence of climate change, much less any attempt to research and implement mitigation, are huge drivers of the conditions that help cause fires and weather-related disasters. Every inch of this planet is now paying, and will continue to pay for their — our— greed and negligence. Individuals can choose to reduce our own impacts, states can do more, but without federal support and participation we are spitting into the wind. The administration’s ridiculous comments blaming Canada just show how little they care about anything except their personal wealth. And how tiny and short-sided their brains are. It’s criminal.
Read Wikipedia about Senator Sheehy with his checkered past. I don't think I'd believe anything he has to say. I just got back from Canada and maybe if trump would travel and see what they were up against, he wouldn't be so quick to place blame. If trump was a good neighbor he would be offering assistance, instead of adding to their problems.
Great digging and great reporting! Do you have an investigatory team backing you up?
I suppose it's possible that one person could handle it all, but the frequency, the width and depth of your reporting/essays is really, really impressive.
It seems--like the old, creaky French solution to murders, "Cherchez La Femme"--that the inevitable solution to all criminal and unethical activities involving Trump is "Follow the Money." ...Even though Trump is hopelessly addled and fatally selfish, like Jabba The Hut in a coma--he still has enough brain cells to see the profit in EVERYTHING--and, like a primitive predator, enough power to attract assorted hyenas, remoras, and ticks--like Tim Sheehy.
Toxic smoke from Canada! Did this happen back in the Fifties and Sixties when I was a youth? Being an old guy now , this whole catastrophe has me cooped up my with my lucky-to-have, geriatric air-conditioner for the last couple of days and worried about my children's health...
But here's why I'm not President and Trump is: It would never occur to me that the obvious solution to this problem is for those nasty Canadians to clean up their forests and pay higher tariffs on cars! ...I always figured these pollution disasters happened because fossil fuel companies can do whatever the fuck they like in Trump-Universe, with no controls, laws or communist-type rules to get in their way...
And here's something I will NEVER understand--Trump, his twisted family, his cabinet of horrors, all his rich pals, and his trained-seal Congress-people... Do they not understand that we ALL live on the same planet--and EVERYONE has to breathe the same poisoned air and drink the same poisoned water?
Over the last 15 years here in Central Cascadia a lot of US smoke from northern Washington, eastern Oregon and California, most especially repeatedly out of Washington's Pasayten Wilderness, but also out of the heartbreaking fire in Winthrop WA, has poured north to my home in the Canadian Okanagan Valley, and a lot of smoke has gone the other way, along with smoke from the Canadian and American Arctic striking all of us. Acid snow created in the shadow of Seattle is also an issue, as is the lead pollution from the shelter in Trail, Canada, poisoning Lake Roosevelt. Trail, nontheless, also produces the US's medical isotope Germanium.tariffs on it would not help patients or the lake. We could go on back and forth for years, as diplomats and negotiators already are That is hard but good work. Tariffs are just troll bait in this shared struggle and loss. The point of our border on the 49th Parallel was peace in 1845. I think it still has the potential to increase wealth, not just monetary, on both sides. Borders aren't walls. They are doors and windows. They allow wealth to increase because they divert energy from struggle.
Everything that death star (47) does contributes to the destruction of the livability of the planet. So smokes blows into a country and you threaten tariffs as punishment. And of course there is always self-dealing involved like Senator Sheehy. As an aside, I tuned in to you and Shanley yesterday and enjoyed the discussion.
As a Canadian living in Ontario in the thick of the smoke from these devastating fires, Trump’s latest govern-via-social-media screed obviously outrages me. I could say a lot about climate change, climate policy and the historical closeness of our two countries but Mary has covered all of that. So instead I will just say this…..
Missed the discussion yesterday bc I had an apptmt. Would have joined if I could have. I live in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada ... smack dab on the Canadian/USA border with the Bluewater Bridge (a short one!) connecting my city, Sarnia, and Port Huron, Michigan. I used to 'go over the bridge' twice a week to shop and dine and hear music, etc. Most Port Huron parking lots had more Canadian license plates than American ones. It was awesome! Alas, the good ole days ... no more.
The wildfires in Northwestern Ontario (more than 100 of the almost 900 across Canada) were started by lightning. Much of the land in that region is undeveloped and not accessible by land or air ... it's wilderness. The populated towns that have been evacuated and literally burned to the ground don't have the city services that we have in Southern Ontario. Example: fire departments consist of perhaps 1 truck and only volunteer firefighters. The wildfires have also been threatening to some larger cities. Haven't checked the news yet today. The smoke here in Sarnia has been a daily reminder to me of the disaster this is to families which means homes, elderly, pets, children, jobs, schools, businesses, health care, etc. The wildlife ... which is heartbreaking to me ... and all the flora that has been home to them. The far reaching smoke affecting all those tiny bird lungs. I am reminded of the wildfire season in Australia that devastated so many of their unique creatures and broke my heart. It's horrific and certainly not limited to any one region. It's partly nature and it's partly climate change. It's the reality we find ourselves in. Whether it's earthquake, tornado, hurricane, flood, volcano, fire, war, starvation ... whatever disaster occurs ... it's our responsibility to help each other in whatever way and to whatever extent each of us can.
dear gods and little fishes: when I wondered for the past couple of days whether trump would use tariffs to respond to wildfire smoke, I was JOKING.
Corruption and selfish ego are driving everything awful in the world. Fossil fuel companies own trump--it isn't just Canadian smoke that climate change is increasing; I sit in Seattle where the weather is sometimes weird but not disastrous and read about the Midwest, South and East with killing heat, tornados, floods. The news out of the Middle East is dreadful, but what if we just stopped the war? What would happen to trump family and buddy investments in defense companies? Will trump insist that his Golden Dollar sell for over $1.00 so he can get a cut?
Canadians already know that we have a jackass at the top of our government: a man so empty of empathy or friendliness or scientific inquiry, yet always alert to the chance to scoop up another billion. It's funny how Trump gathers other rich money-grubbers to support him. Canadians, Brits, Mexicans, Europeans have his number. We can hope all Americans will soon see.
This administration’s rollback of federal regulations on emissions, their push for more reliance on fossil fuels, the undercutting and killing of alternative energy projects, the denial of the very existence of climate change, much less any attempt to research and implement mitigation, are huge drivers of the conditions that help cause fires and weather-related disasters. Every inch of this planet is now paying, and will continue to pay for their — our— greed and negligence. Individuals can choose to reduce our own impacts, states can do more, but without federal support and participation we are spitting into the wind. The administration’s ridiculous comments blaming Canada just show how little they care about anything except their personal wealth. And how tiny and short-sided their brains are. It’s criminal.
Let us remember that Trump does not believe in climate change or that it has any negative effect on the planet. It all falls back on him. MFer.
Read Wikipedia about Senator Sheehy with his checkered past. I don't think I'd believe anything he has to say. I just got back from Canada and maybe if trump would travel and see what they were up against, he wouldn't be so quick to place blame. If trump was a good neighbor he would be offering assistance, instead of adding to their problems.
"If trump was a good neighbor" is an oxymoron ready to eat your face
Great digging and great reporting! Do you have an investigatory team backing you up?
I suppose it's possible that one person could handle it all, but the frequency, the width and depth of your reporting/essays is really, really impressive.
It seems--like the old, creaky French solution to murders, "Cherchez La Femme"--that the inevitable solution to all criminal and unethical activities involving Trump is "Follow the Money." ...Even though Trump is hopelessly addled and fatally selfish, like Jabba The Hut in a coma--he still has enough brain cells to see the profit in EVERYTHING--and, like a primitive predator, enough power to attract assorted hyenas, remoras, and ticks--like Tim Sheehy.
Toxic smoke from Canada! Did this happen back in the Fifties and Sixties when I was a youth? Being an old guy now , this whole catastrophe has me cooped up my with my lucky-to-have, geriatric air-conditioner for the last couple of days and worried about my children's health...
But here's why I'm not President and Trump is: It would never occur to me that the obvious solution to this problem is for those nasty Canadians to clean up their forests and pay higher tariffs on cars! ...I always figured these pollution disasters happened because fossil fuel companies can do whatever the fuck they like in Trump-Universe, with no controls, laws or communist-type rules to get in their way...
And here's something I will NEVER understand--Trump, his twisted family, his cabinet of horrors, all his rich pals, and his trained-seal Congress-people... Do they not understand that we ALL live on the same planet--and EVERYONE has to breathe the same poisoned air and drink the same poisoned water?
Anyway, great investigative reporting!
Thank you! Alas, I wish I a team but I do possess a passion for research, or at least a passion for getting to the bottom of things
I think I would have been disappointed if you said you did have a staff, or at least an assistant. Even more impressive...
Thanks
Over the last 15 years here in Central Cascadia a lot of US smoke from northern Washington, eastern Oregon and California, most especially repeatedly out of Washington's Pasayten Wilderness, but also out of the heartbreaking fire in Winthrop WA, has poured north to my home in the Canadian Okanagan Valley, and a lot of smoke has gone the other way, along with smoke from the Canadian and American Arctic striking all of us. Acid snow created in the shadow of Seattle is also an issue, as is the lead pollution from the shelter in Trail, Canada, poisoning Lake Roosevelt. Trail, nontheless, also produces the US's medical isotope Germanium.tariffs on it would not help patients or the lake. We could go on back and forth for years, as diplomats and negotiators already are That is hard but good work. Tariffs are just troll bait in this shared struggle and loss. The point of our border on the 49th Parallel was peace in 1845. I think it still has the potential to increase wealth, not just monetary, on both sides. Borders aren't walls. They are doors and windows. They allow wealth to increase because they divert energy from struggle.
Everything that death star (47) does contributes to the destruction of the livability of the planet. So smokes blows into a country and you threaten tariffs as punishment. And of course there is always self-dealing involved like Senator Sheehy. As an aside, I tuned in to you and Shanley yesterday and enjoyed the discussion.
I’m reminded of an old and battered meme, applied here to trump: “…the stupid, it burns…”
As a Canadian living in Ontario in the thick of the smoke from these devastating fires, Trump’s latest govern-via-social-media screed obviously outrages me. I could say a lot about climate change, climate policy and the historical closeness of our two countries but Mary has covered all of that. So instead I will just say this…..
Donald Trump can get fucked. 😡🤬
Missed the discussion yesterday bc I had an apptmt. Would have joined if I could have. I live in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada ... smack dab on the Canadian/USA border with the Bluewater Bridge (a short one!) connecting my city, Sarnia, and Port Huron, Michigan. I used to 'go over the bridge' twice a week to shop and dine and hear music, etc. Most Port Huron parking lots had more Canadian license plates than American ones. It was awesome! Alas, the good ole days ... no more.
The wildfires in Northwestern Ontario (more than 100 of the almost 900 across Canada) were started by lightning. Much of the land in that region is undeveloped and not accessible by land or air ... it's wilderness. The populated towns that have been evacuated and literally burned to the ground don't have the city services that we have in Southern Ontario. Example: fire departments consist of perhaps 1 truck and only volunteer firefighters. The wildfires have also been threatening to some larger cities. Haven't checked the news yet today. The smoke here in Sarnia has been a daily reminder to me of the disaster this is to families which means homes, elderly, pets, children, jobs, schools, businesses, health care, etc. The wildlife ... which is heartbreaking to me ... and all the flora that has been home to them. The far reaching smoke affecting all those tiny bird lungs. I am reminded of the wildfire season in Australia that devastated so many of their unique creatures and broke my heart. It's horrific and certainly not limited to any one region. It's partly nature and it's partly climate change. It's the reality we find ourselves in. Whether it's earthquake, tornado, hurricane, flood, volcano, fire, war, starvation ... whatever disaster occurs ... it's our responsibility to help each other in whatever way and to whatever extent each of us can.
dear gods and little fishes: when I wondered for the past couple of days whether trump would use tariffs to respond to wildfire smoke, I was JOKING.
Corruption and selfish ego are driving everything awful in the world. Fossil fuel companies own trump--it isn't just Canadian smoke that climate change is increasing; I sit in Seattle where the weather is sometimes weird but not disastrous and read about the Midwest, South and East with killing heat, tornados, floods. The news out of the Middle East is dreadful, but what if we just stopped the war? What would happen to trump family and buddy investments in defense companies? Will trump insist that his Golden Dollar sell for over $1.00 so he can get a cut?
I’m 77 and it’s not the America I fell in love with.
Just another example of retaliation.
Canadians already know that we have a jackass at the top of our government: a man so empty of empathy or friendliness or scientific inquiry, yet always alert to the chance to scoop up another billion. It's funny how Trump gathers other rich money-grubbers to support him. Canadians, Brits, Mexicans, Europeans have his number. We can hope all Americans will soon see.
Thank you
So what's next? Extra tariffs on Mexico for tainted lettuce?