Jeff Merkley — Jun 7, 2023

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June 7–8, 2023, official X quoted by NPI: “Wide swaths of the U.S. are feeling impacts from Canadian wildfires. As Oregonians know all too well, large wildfires are huge threats to air quality — and I hope this finally shines a national spotlight on an issue folks in my state have faced for years.” Names this smoke. Does not say climate change in that post. A June 8 WaPo Climate 202 “planetary emergency” quote is in-window but does not name this plume in Merkley’s own words — climate stays no.

Codes

• Disaster Mention yes — Canadian wildfires / U.S. air-quality impacts.
• Climate Connection no — Smoke/air-quality spotlight; no climate-causation sentence in the scored post.
• Mentioned Republican Obstruction of Climate Action no