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This new normal of near-constant wildfire smoke annoys me as much as the next person. But it serves as a reminder that we share one fragile atmosphere that we're collectively screwing up. Fruitless to waste all this energy pointing fingers like children when we should be joining hands to fix this. It's like nature's warning signal.

Whether it be wildfire smoke, a global pandemic, or heat waves, nature know no geopolitical borders. So maybe instead of squabbling over whose smoke is whose, we could acknowledge that we're all in this smoldering mess together. We only have one planet to live on, and we only have one atmosphere to breathe from.

(just food for thought)

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[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wrong... Blame fossil fuel industry, blame the auto industry, blame tax cuts that result in the defunding of forestry management. and then most of all, blame ourselves for enabling all of the above

THEN we can join hands and fix this

[–] T0rrent01@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're 100% right. But my point is, international cooperation is key, and every country has a part to play. As we've all seen during the COVID pandemic politicizing natural disasters is a recipe for disaster, and unfortunately, it appears as though we haven't learnt a thing.

[–] YarRe@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We have. Politicians who gobble fossil industry cock do not care. This is intentional and no amount of "learning" helps as long as oligarchs exist. Sorry.

[–] juusukun@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

"politicizing disasters" to me just sounds like exploring the possibility that there are people and actions to blame...

[–] Mamertine@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American here. I was browsing all and saw this.

I'm not blaming Canada. I'm not aware that anyone is blaming Canada. The smoke comes from Canada. I'm frustrated with the smoke. So are you.

IMO it's like when a Canada goose shits in my yard. Im angry at the goose not Canada.

[–] Midnight_Ice@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah but how do you know we didn't send that goose on a mission to shit in your yard? Maybe you should be mad at Canada.

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