FIFA final choking on Canadian climate change fire the perfect irony for climate denial

Wildfire Smoke And The World Cup Final: Does FIFA Have A Back Up Plan?

The eyes of the world will turn to New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey for the FIFA World Cup final on July 19, 2026.

But this summer, another force of nature may steal the spotlight: wildfire smoke. As fires rage across the American and Canadian West, plumes of fine particulate matter have repeatedly blanketed the northeastern United States, turning skies orange and sending air quality readings into hazardous territory. FIFA, by all available accounts, still lacks a comprehensive contingency plan. The health stakes — for players and fans alike — are enormous.

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“Air pollution is the most important environmental cardiovascular risk factor, with PM2.5 being the most studied air pollutant,” said Dr. Abeer Berry, director of noninvasive cardiology at DMC Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital. Berry added that air pollution is the fourth leading risk factor accounting for global mortality.

Wildfire smoke is not ordinary haze. It is a toxic cocktail of fine particulate matter or PM2.5, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds. PM2.5 — particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter — is the primary health concern. These particles are small enough to bypass the body’s natural defenses, penetrate deep into the lungs and even enter the bloodstream.

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Come on.

COME ON.

Is there any greater irony than the FIFA World Cup Final being choked out by the catastrophic climate change fires devastating Canada?

Come. On!

As we live in a bubble of denial pretending the pollution put into the atmosphere over the last 3 centuries is not doing anything to the climate, our big global events are now hilariously  being put at risk as the climate shuts down.

As someone who has been screaming about climate change for 20 years, watching the inevitable is as funny as it is traumatic.

We are in the age of consequences now, we have made our climate denial bed and we are all going to be forced to choke, burn and drown in it.

Happy Days.

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