@leadersinamerica: 🚨 Millions of Americans are under air quality alerts as smoke from massive Canadian wildfires blankets parts of the United States. Health officials are urging people—especially children, older adults, pregnant people, and those with heart or lung conditions—to limit time outdoors. Even healthy people may experience coughing, burning eyes, headaches, or difficulty breathing when air quality reaches unhealthy levels. Scientists have repeatedly warned that climate change is contributing to longer, hotter, and more intense wildfire seasons. While climate change doesn’t directly cause every wildfire, warmer temperatures and drier conditions make large fires more likely and allow them to spread faster and burn longer. Despite these warnings, Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned or downplayed climate change and has supported expanding fossil fuel production while rolling back environmental regulations during his presidency. The smoke covering our skies today is more than an inconvenience—it’s a public health issue affecting millions of Americans. As extreme weather events become more common, many scientists say addressing climate change will be an important part of reducing future wildfire risk.

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Friday 17 July 2026 17:17:08 GMT