Overview

• Six Republican representatives wrote to Canada’s ambassador on July 7 urging measures to reduce wildfire smoke that has curtailed outdoor activities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and the Canadian embassy has confirmed receipt and pledged to reply.
• All six lawmakers backed the July 4 reconciliation bill that Princeton analysis projects will add 7 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases over the next five years.
• More than 100 active fires continue to burn across remote boreal forests in Manitoba where lightning ignitions and limited suppression capacity hamper containment.
• Air quality warnings affecting over 20 million people remain in place across the US Upper Midwest as hazardous smoke drifts south.
• A July 15 congressional hearing highlighted bipartisan proposals for enhanced US–Canada cooperation and the adoption of advanced fire-detection and suppression technologies as experts warn climate-driven conditions will intensify wildfires.