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Canada Wildfires: What to Know July 18, 2026
Hundreds of wildfires in Canada and the United States have blanketed large sections of North America in dense smoke over the past week.
The New York Times
What the US and Canada Can Expect from the Wildfire Smoke This Weekend July 18, 2026
The smoke isn’t going away, but where it affects air quality will shift over the next few days. Conditions were improving Saturday for parts of the Northeast, a forecaster said.
Judson Jones and Amy Graff
On Fire. Again. July 18, 2026
There were orange skies in 2023, 2025 and now again in 2026. Over the last few years, one thing has become glaringly clear: The East Coast is totally unequipped for the next climate disaster, wildfires. The Opinion writer David Wallace-Wells explains that with every climate disaster, we’re not just adapting to a “new normal,” but […]
David Wallace-Wells

ECON2505 Env Econ, SP2016