Theres No Escaping Wildfire Smoke

Published: June 9, 2023, 9:15 a.m.

Smoke from wildfires in Canada has created a crisis in the American Northeast and beyond, with air pollution in New York reaching its worst level in modern history.\n\nDavid Wallace-Wells, a climate columnist for The Times, explains why this happened, and why there is so little we can do to keep it from happening again.\n\nGuest: David Wallace-Wells, a climate columnist correspondent for The New York Times.