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A Quebec resident who last summer had shared conspiracy theories online suggesting that the Canadian government was deliberately starting wildfires to convince people climate change is happening has now pleaded guilty to setting more than a dozen fires.
On many days, smoke from the fires spread across North America and around the world, degrading air quality and disrupting the daily lives of millions of people.
Two of the fires Mr. Paré set forced people to evacuate about 500 homes in the town of Chapais at the end of May, according to a statement by the prosecutor, Marie-Philippe Charron, in court and reported by The Canadian Press.
Mr. Paré had shared Facebook posts over the summer claiming that the government was purposefully failing to control and even deliberately starting wildfires.
The specific type of conspiracy theory Mr. Paré shared — linking climate change and climate-related policies to ulterior motives by governments — is also common, Dr. Wells explained.
In reality, climate change is contributing to worse wildfires in a few ways, said Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire at Thompson Rivers University in Canada.
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