Wildfires are sweeping B.C. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million — and the season is far from over.
Wildfires are a climate change wake-up call
By David Suzuki
Photo credit: B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure via Flickr
David Suzuki
David Suzuki is a scientist, broadcaster, author and co-founder of the David Suzuki Foundation.