Donald Trump told Canadian official Mark Carney to prevent wildfires from crossing the border, but scientists rejected the accusation as a "blame game." Experts explained that cross-border wildfire smoke is a natural phenomenon linked to climate change, not intentional poisoning.
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Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisis Scientists have reacted with incredulity after Donald Trump accused Canada of “poisoning” the US’s air with smoke billowing from a slew of forest fires and threatened sanctions upon the country’s northern neighbor. The US president has said that he raised the issue of smoke waftin
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Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisis