The smoke and haze emanating from the Canadian wildfires that have degraded the air quality along the Eastern United States is an “alarming” example of how climate change affects Americans’ lives, the White House said Wednesday.
was working with state and local leaders in Michigan, Illinois and New York. The administration is also coordinating with state and local governments to notify communities about air quality conditions, she said.
“We encourage everyone in the impacted areas to listen to their state and local officials,” she said, urging Americans to check on their neighbors. President Biden was briefed on the wildfires last week and over 600 U.S. firefighters have been deployed to Canada to help with the blazes. In Washington, air quality was on a code red alert Wednesday. However, Ms. Jean-Pierre declined to say whether Mr. Biden would start wearing a mask outside. She did say that Mr. Biden and
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