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Time to wake up and smell the smoke: the planet is in a climate emergency

For all the damage this record wildfire season has done, it is striking how little it has shifted the political conversation about our approach to climate change.

Editorial
July 24, 2023

Editorial | July 24, 2023

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Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

FeatureBY JOHN VAILLANT

Below is an excerpt from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant, published by Knopf Canada, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

FeatureBY JOHN VAILLANT

Below is an excerpt from Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast, by John Vaillant, published by Knopf Canada, one of the five finalists for this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.

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‘Stop pointing fingers at each other’: insurers call for more unity between governments on climate adaptation

Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

‘Stop pointing fingers at each other’: insurers call for more unity between governments on climate adaptation

‘Stop pointing fingers at each other’: insurers call for more unity between governments on climate adaptation

Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

Taking action to create wildfire-safe communities

‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

‘Most vulnerable population on Earth’: politicians urged to consider wildfire impacts on children as towns evacuated

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

‘Not used to them this early and this aggressive,’ says MP Ashton of Manitoba wildfires as communities evacuated

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

Vaillant’s Fire Weather looks at devastating synergy between our dependence on fossil fuels and its impact on the climate

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Time to wake up and smell the smoke: the planet is in a climate emergency

For all the damage this record wildfire season has done, it is striking how little it has shifted the political conversation about our approach to climate change.

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