Science denier admits starting wildfires & blaming it on government

Climate headlines. Today, from CNN.

Climate conspiracy theorist who said Canadian government deliberately lit wildfires pleads guilty to starting 14 himself Deadly fire ants are forming rafts to cross Australian flood waters Goats so exhausted by heat they’d rather risk the wolves at night: study Breathtaking photographs show how world’s largest iceberg is changing

From the article on the arsonist:

"Canada’s 2023 wildfire season was record-shattering, scorching around 18.4 million hectares (45.5 million acres) — an area roughly the size of North Dakota and more than double the previous record.

Weather that drove eastern Canada’s devastating wildfires made twice as likely by climate change Smoke from the fires poured southward, choking cities in the United States and even making it as far east as Europe."

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