Trump’s New Grievance With Canada: The Weather
The US Capitol, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial are clouded in a smoky haze from wildfire smoke from Canada at the National Mall on July 17.Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump is displeased and waging economic war with Canada yet again, this time because…our northern neighbor isn’t doing enough to fight the effects of climate change?
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- ▪This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
- ▪President Donald Trump is displeased and waging economic war with Canada yet again, this time because…our northern neighbor isn’t doing enough to fight the effects of climate change?
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 18 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ What Trump gets wrong about Canada's wildfires — The Globe and Mail
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The US Capitol, Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial are clouded in a smoky haze from wildfire smoke from Canada at the National Mall on July 17.Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Slate and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. President Donald Trump is displeased and waging economic war with Canada yet again, this time because…our northern neighbor isn’t doing enough to fight the effects of climate change? “We are holding Canada responsible for the fact that they are not properly maintaining their Forests, and Brush therein, and the United States is being unnecessarily invaded by filthy, polluted, and unhealthy…
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