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   Bruce MacDonald (rationaldoge@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 07:17:54 JST Bruce MacDonald

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   'Jay Telegdi, who lost his home to that wildfire, watched from his balcony on Tuesday as the sky over downtown turned orange and black. It “burned your eyes” to walk outside, Telegdi said in a phone interview, adding that it was slightly easier to breathe on Wednesday.

   '“You can grow accustomed to it,” said Telegdi, who works for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation. “We’ve come to accept columns of smoke blocking out the whole sky and yet we’re still drilling for oil.”'

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     Bruce MacDonald (rationaldoge@hachyderm.io)'s status on Friday, 17-May-2024 07:17:55 JST Bruce MacDonald

     "Canada is the world’s fourth-largest producer of oil and fifth-largest producer of gas, a reality that sits uncomfortably with the nation’s pledges to protect biodiversity and lead the global fight against climate change. When burned, oil and gas release heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, intensifying the very conditions that help wildfires scorch millions of acres."
     https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/05/16/fire-threat-eases-near-canadas-oil-sands-hub-but-a-long-hot-summer-looms

     Bill repeated this.