Some are claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes. Read more at straitstimes.com.
a conspiracy theory has taken off online, claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes.
One article speculates that since 90 per cent of Alberta’s fires could be “human-caused,” there is a possibility that “ecoterrorists” may be behind them. Alberta Wildfire told AFP that unless lightning is involved, a blaze is classified as human-caused. This does not exclusively mean arson. Conspiracy theorists have repeatedly tried to pin devastating wildfire seasons on politically motivated arsonists.
Professor Chris Russill from Carleton University studying climate change communication, said the ecoterrorist theory may have once had some basis in truth, but “then that gets exaggerated in its importance or significance.”
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