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Climate change is real – and the Right needs to get serious about it (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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[–] Arachnidbrilliant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 hours ago (1 child)

I live in the west. And I’ve never seen it this smoky. It’s usually in the hundreds every year for awhile. But the air REALLY sucks this year

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 point 8 hours ago

Oof that sucks, I'm sorry. We have only had a few smoky days here in the Midwest.

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