Canada’s 2023 fires spewed more heat-trapping gas than millions of cars

Canada’s 2023 fires spewed more heat-trapping gas than millions of cars

WASHINGTON —  Catastrophic Canadian wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than the U.S. state of West Virginia, new research finds. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and the University of Maryland calculated how devastating the impacts … Read more