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There’s a bleak message written in Philly’s haze: climate change is at our doorstep | Editorial

For many in the Philadelphia region, human-induced climate change has been more of an abstract event. But smoke wafting down from Canada is a sign that climate change is here and getting worse.

Philadelphia City Hall, as seen from the Parkway, is covered in a haze because of Canadian wildfire smoke Wednesday.
Philadelphia City Hall, as seen from the Parkway, is covered in a haze because of Canadian wildfire smoke Wednesday.Read moreAlejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer