Lisa Del Buono

As another hazy day obscures the sparkling blue of the bay, I’m reminded of how important the upcoming election is. Our all-too-brief “Up North” summers are increasingly disrupted by smoke from Canadian forest fires, intensified by a warming climate. Driven by our continued reliance on fossil fuels, wildfire smoke is becoming the “new normal” forcing the cancellation of events across the region while also threatening the health of our communities. The data are clear. When wildfire smoke...

Michigan health practitioners have long borne witness to the detrimental impacts of mis- and disinformation. Whether it's bad-faith speculation about the efficacy of proven public health interventions or polluters who deny and downplay their liability, we know that when industries set their own rules, they act only in their best interest and often to the detriment of the public's well-being. Nowhere is this more apparent than with fossil fuel companies that have lobbied extensively to strip...

Unfortunately, Rep. Bergman failed to mention the primary driver of these increasingly destructive wildfires: human-induced climate change. Fueled by our warming climate, vast Canadian forests have turned into tinderboxes, ready to ignite.