# Canadian wildfires -- here we go again

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 12, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfires-here-we-go-again/1001463 "2024-05-12T21:33:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfires-here-we-go-again/1001463/61 "2024-08-29T19:13:01Z")

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These are very bad in terms of global warming:

> **[Canada’s 2023 wildfires released more greenhouse gases than most countries](https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/29/canada-wildfires-carbon-emissions)**
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> Had fires been ranked alongside countries they would have been world’s fourth-largest emitter, study finds

Only China, India and the United States released more carbon emissions during that period.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfires-here-we-go-again/1001463/62 "2024-08-29T19:15:14Z")

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Come on Canada! Didn’t you listen to Donald Trump? All you have to do is rake your forests to end wildfires.

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2024, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfires-here-we-go-again/1001463/63 "2024-08-31T23:53:19Z")

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Overall, it’s been a much better summer in my area than last year; some smoke but nothing like 2023.

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**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-wildfires-here-we-go-again/1001463/64 "2024-09-01T16:55:13Z")

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Same here in coastal Massachusetts; some high haze but nothing too frequent or intense. I hope that means the fire season hasn’t been too bad this year.

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