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Human-driven climate crisis fuels Canada’s deadly wildfires, study finds
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Climate scientists have found that human-caused climate change made conditions behind Canada's current wildfires more than twice as likely to occur. Burning fossil fuels raised global temperatures, amplifying fire-prone weather in Ontario and the Northwest Territories. The blazes have forced town evacuations and sent harmful smoke across Canada and into the United States.
War! What is it good for? Absolutely humongous oil company profits | First Dog on the Moon
A First Dog on the Moon cartoon satirising how major oil companies profit from war and global instability. The piece uses dark humour to highlight the relationship between armed conflict and record energy sector earnings, suggesting warfare benefits fossil fuel corporations more than it resolves any human problem.