{"id":"40a4e387-b10f-4e50-8481-bcef2e53ab95","url":"https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-08-02/canadian-wildfire-smoke-climate-action","domain":"latimes.com","outlet":{"name":"Los Angeles Times","country":"US","cred":4,"lean":-1,"curated":true},"title":"Wildfires will only get worse until the U.S. stops ignoring the climate crisis","plainHeadline":"Wildfires will worsen until the U.S. addresses the climate crisis.","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","at":"2026-08-02T11:08:56.701Z"},"summary":["Canada faced calls for damages over wildfire smoke affecting U.S. air quality.","Canada’s 2023 wildfire season was the worst in history with 45 million acres burned.","By July 17 this year, 5.9 million more acres burned in fires.","Trump widens fossil fuel development and rolls back climate policies.","Public health risks include PM2.5 exposure linked to asthma and heart disease."],"topics":["Climate","Environment","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-08-02T10:00:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-08-02T11:07:03.450Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/3bd835c7-f999-42fa-85f7-fc5f17fdb944"}