Republicans threaten Canada with sanctions over drifting wildfire smoke
U.S. political figures, including Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Moreno, are threatening Canada with sanctions over wildfire smoke drifting across the border. Canadian officials have pushed back, citing the shared global responsibility of addressing climate change.
Why it matters
This highlights a growing diplomatic tension between the U.S. and Canada regarding environmental policy and cross-border pollution impacts.
Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets the sky in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday. Photograph: Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade/AP Smoke from the Canadian wildfires blankets the sky in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday. Photograph: Jeremy Wadsworth/The Blade/AP Republicans Republicans threaten Canada with sanctions over drifting wildfire smoke Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections
Prefer the Guardian on Google US Republicans are threatening to sanction Canada and Canadian government officials after smoke from devastating wildfires has drifted across huge swathes of the US, creating hazy conditions and dangerous air quality for tens of millions of Americans.
Donald Trump on Friday blamed his country’s northern neighbor for the smoke spreading from wildfires and said he planned to call Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister, to ask about Ottawa’s plans for dealing with the blazes.
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