A hazy, acrid shroud lingered over some of America's largest cities Wednesday as Canadian wildfire smoke continued to drift south.
Posted: Jun. 7, 2023 5:32PMThe sun rises over a hazy New York City skyline as seen from Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, June 7, 2023. Intense Canadian wildfires are blanketing the northeastern U.S. in a dystopian haze, turning the air acrid, the sky yellowish gray and prompting warnings for vulnerable populations to stay inside.
The sky was “yellow and grey,” said Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at New York’s Columbia Law School, who spent the day working from his suburban home in Westchester, north of the city.Indeed, the Indian capital is typically top of the list when it comes to the world’s worst air quality, but on Wednesday it was overtaken by the city that never sleeps — a blight that was expected to keep migrating south all week.
The White House has been in regular touch with the federal government in Ottawa for several days now, having already deployed more than 600 firefighters and personnel, as well as water bombers, said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The White House, which has an outdoor event planned for Thursday to celebrate Pride month, has not made any changes to its schedule, nor is Biden taking any special precautions, she added.
The smoke is arriving in the U.S. capital at an interesting moment for policymakers, amid mounting tensions between American dependence on fossil fuels and the climate prerogative of expanding green energy projects.
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