Smoke Screens: Wildfire Plumes Converge on America's Coasts The relentless march of climate change has brought a new kind of threat to America's doorstep: wildfire smoke from Canada, blanketing more than a dozen states in a noxious haze.
This is ironic, given the nation's own environmental mismanagement.
The scale of the Canadian fires is staggering – over 900 blazes are burning out of control, sending smoke wafting south into the Northeast and Mid Atlantic.