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2024-05-20 13:51:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0738AE7F77CD44424FD532308CCD2BB2B6E5393778C29D1847A53E75698232D0
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In Canada, 2 main causes for wildfires are lightning & humans, not climate change. Between 1990 & 2020 only 33% of fires in Que were caused by lightning, in Ont it was 50%. In 2020 88% of wildfires in Alb were caused by humans & between 2017-2022, 68% of wildfires were. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/17/climate/canada-conspiracy-theorist-arson-wildfires-intl/index.html https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/alarming-disinformation-about-quebec-wildfires-spreads-after-arsonist-s-guilty-plea-1.6731047
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