U.S. Republican lawmakers call on Canada to curb wildfire smoke
c/world · u/DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 65 points
c/world · u/DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 65 points
u/matdave@lemmy.ml · 12 points
Nah, this is America. They'll be powered by gasoline and cost tax payers $500k per day to operate.
u/dalekcaan@feddit.nl · 4 points

u/Jode@midwest.social · 15 points
Perfect opportunity to build wind turbines, call them "freedom fans"
u/avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 9 points
Or join the US as the CHERISHED 51st STATE, and then the smoke would be AMERICAN smoke and ket me tell you - don't we love american smoke!
u/thejml@sh.itjust.works · 6 points
I’m sure “and Canada will pay for it!” Just like the Wall.
u/k48r@lemmy.world · 1 points
Going full _Infinite Jest_
u/Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 12 points
Why don't they rake their forests like any civilized nation, dammit!?! /s
u/pivot_root@lemmy.world · 6 points
Karen demands to talk to the manager, *while adding fuel to the fire*.
u/DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 64 points
While everyone is working tirelessly at trying to control a disaster that is being exacerbated by climate change, Karen demands to talk to the manager.
u/deranger@sh.itjust.works · 35 points
This is hilarious considering they fucked over the EPA provision that prevented one state’s emissions from harming another (eg Ohio smoke causing acid rain in upstate NY).
u/IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world · 25 points
I’m calling it. Pretty soon Trump is going to demand the construction of giant fans along the US/Canada border to blow all the smoke back into Canada.
u/Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 19 points
How about you curb fascism first. GTFO.
u/Jtee@lemmy.world · 17 points
And I demand the US curbs the air pollution affecting Canada during July 4th fireworks displays but that's not going to happen is it lol
u/hobwell@sh.itjust.works · 9 points
They could take action themselves and enact better climate policies. Could have done so decades ago and maybe we wouldn’t have record wildfires every year.
u/CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org · 8 points
We'd love to. You know we get it first and in higher concentration, right? Not to mention all our shit that burns down in the process.
And I mean, it's from the climate change that you helped make as well...
u/finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 4 points
I hope they put this line in the history books when they cover 21st century climate change.
u/corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 2 points
Quick! Find out what they're doing to prevent wildfire smoke from spreading north to osoyoos and use that.
Oh. Nothing? Just luck? Okay.
u/lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world · 2 points
Build the wall! Build the wall!