Republicans threaten Canada with sanctions over drifting wildfire smoke

Fires are also blazing across the US and the Trump administration has repealed several climate protections US Republicans are threatening to sanction Canada and Canadian government officials after smoke from devastating wildfires has drifted across huge swathes of the US, creating hazy conditions and dangerous air quality for tens of millions of Americans. Donald Trump on ⁠Friday blamed ⁠his country’s northern neighbor for ​the smoke spreading from ⁠wildfires and said he planned to call ​Mark Carney, the Canadian prime ‌minister, ‌ to ‌ask about Ottawa’s plans for dealing with the blazes. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said the US had been “invaded” by dirty air. “[The] ‌cost of this pollution ​must of necessity be added ⁠to the TARIFFS Canada ​is currently ​paying,” ​he wrote. It comes a day after Bernie Moreno, a GOP senator of Ohio, said he would introduce a bill next week “to sanction Canada and the responsible Canadian government officials for this atrocity”. In a statement he said Canada’s government had “failed to invest in wildfire prevention methods including forest thinning, fuel reduction, prescribed burns, and stronger enforcement against arson”. Ohio share