#Latest news with #MinnesotaYouthThe Verge4 days agoClimateThe VergeDevastating wildfires in Canada are creating an air quality disaster in the US.The worst wildfires in decades are tearing through Saskatchewan, Canada and at least two people have been killed in blazes in the neighboring province of Manitoba. Smoke from those fires has triggered air quality warnings in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It's the kind of climate change-driven disaster that led young people from Minnesota to file suit against the Trump administration last week. Wildfire smoke can be 10 times as toxic as other air pollutants.
The Verge4 days agoClimateThe VergeDevastating wildfires in Canada are creating an air quality disaster in the US.The worst wildfires in decades are tearing through Saskatchewan, Canada and at least two people have been killed in blazes in the neighboring province of Manitoba. Smoke from those fires has triggered air quality warnings in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It's the kind of climate change-driven disaster that led young people from Minnesota to file suit against the Trump administration last week. Wildfire smoke can be 10 times as toxic as other air pollutants.