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2023-06-09 19:40:59 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: FC8BD7AC1BB01C68DAF8D7745DF7AFFA1B11019D544D87E498CA874B09E10D72
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Original Note:
Climate change is real and Human activity is the main cause: https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/ https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-scientists-think-100-of-global-warming-is-due-to-humans/ https://skepticalscience.com/global-warming-scientific-consensus-advanced.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEb49cZYnsE https://www.desmog.com/2022/11/30/heartland-institutes-survey-actually-supports-the-97-climate-science-consensus-its-trying-to-attack/ The Forbes article is opinion from a guy who has an history of inaccurately downplaying real climate risks and is about California, not Canada: https://climatefeedback.org/evaluation/article-by-michael-shellenberger-mixes-accurate-and-inaccurate-claims-in-support-of-a-misleading-and-overly-simplistic-argumentation-about-climate-change/ It's conspiracy theory that the fires are mostly arson: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2023/06/08/danielle-smith-is-concerned-about-arsonists-causing-wildfires-experts-are-more-worried-about-misinformation.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/canada-wildfires-spark-ecoterrorist-conspiracy-010702753.html https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/08/air-quality-canada-wildfire-smog-fire/
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