Canada's pollution levels exceed US due to brutal wildfires (www.theweathernetwork.com)

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[-] kandoh@reddthat.com 12 points 2 months ago

And we've also completely given up on doing anything about it.

[-] dom@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But its soooooo expensiveeeeeeeeeee I'd rather just let the country burn

-certain types of people

[-] rabber@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

I know people in Alberta who believe the fires are intentionally set by the liberals to make climate change seem real

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

And the same liberals sneak chemicals into their coffee to give them a micropenis.

[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Remember when Canada sucked its own dick in the early days of carbon accounting:

"We're fine! We have these big forests that are carbon sinks!"

Yeah...

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Remember when the article was talking about air quality and fine particulate matter, not carbon emissions?

[-] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Remember when the article was talking about forest fires, like my comment about forest fires?

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

We're just pretending now that wildfire smoke doesn't count in our national emissions, and that whoever smelled it dealt it.

[-] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org -1 points 2 months ago

Only 13 of 143 countries met the World Health Organization’s recommended limits (WHO)

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If everybody else shits on the floor we should too. Amazing logic there Scotty, as always.

[-] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 2 months ago

Why so uneasy? Air pollution is a serious and, above all, a global issue. It's sad that Canada is among the least 25% polluted states while still above the threshold. Most other large economies are lagging behind with the second-largest economy, China, facing an air pollution 4 times higher than Canada's.

@dudesss@lemmy.ca

[-] dudesss@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

If what you say is correct, China is doing something majorly correct around air pollution if they only produce 4 times the same. Even if their per-capita pollution was the same as ours, things would so much worse right now.

[-] Scotty@scribe.disroot.org -2 points 2 months ago

Yeah? China's government started to censor air quality data in the 2010s. They simply told the company that made the 'China Air Quality Index' app for Apple and Android mobile to stop displaying pollution levels that exceeded an official point (you'll find ample evidence for this across the web). I don't know whether they still censor it in China, but the air pollution there is still alarmingly high.

To use your words: This is a serious issue. Quit fucking around.