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Mid-Michigan air quality improves after days of Canada wildfire smoke

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8d ago Me stepping outside to take out the trash while Michigan is still covered in smog from the Canadian wildfires: -2.5
8d ago All this wildfire smoke blanketing Michigan is a message from the universe to THE AUTOMAKERS: ELECTRIC CARS FROM NOW ON - FIGURE IT OUT OR WE DIE. EVERY "DRILL, BABY, DRILL" MESSAGE MUST DIE NOW. -4.5
8d ago Hope you don't get too high on that wildfire smoke. It's hitting us pretty hard in southwest Michigan -2.0
8d ago Republican lawmakers from Michigan are demanding stronger wildfire prevention efforts from Canada after smoke from hundreds of active wildfires spread across the Great Lakes and northeastern United… ×2 -1.5
8d ago FRIDAY AIR QUALITY: Remains in the Hazardous range (above 300 PM2.8) for most of Southeastern Michigan. We are seeing a little improvement from the numbers we had on Thursday. But I am expecting th… -5.0
8d ago 71% of western #Michigan respondents say #electric bills have increased over the past year. At a Kalamazoo news conference held during a wildfire smoke alert, advocates argued continued operation o… -4.5
8d ago Last summer’s epicentre of wildfires was in northern Saskatchewan & northern Manitoba. The jet stream carried the smoke into Michigan, prompting this same bunch to complain. As if we can prevent th… ×2 -2.0
8d ago Wildfire smoke creates health concerns across Michigan, resulting in closures and cancellations michiganadvance.com/2026/07/17/w... By @kdavidsonjrn.bsky.social -3.0
8d ago DETROIT - Canadian wildfire smoke endangering Michigan's air quality also continues to cause activit... -3.0
8d ago @JaneotN I know we've seen enough arrogant stupidity to last a lifetime, but did you hear about the four GOP Republicans who demanded that Canada stop wildfire smoke from drifting into Michigan or… ×2 -4.5
8d ago Minnesota remains under a statewide air quality alert as BWCA wildfires burn an estimated 55,000 acres. Meanwhile, a few states over in Michigan, 4 members of Congress sent a sharp letter to Canada… ×2 -3.0
8d ago “Smoke does not carry a passport. Fire does not recognize a border. Blaming Canada will not clear Michigan's skies. It will simply announce, very loudly, that the people issuing the complaint do n… ×2 -2.5
8d ago July 12: Canadian helicopter pilot Nicholas Dale died while fighting wildfires in Colorado. Dale was 56. July 15: four Republicans from Michigan released a statement titled “Canada’s Apologies Won… ×2 -7.5
8d ago Code Purple warnings are in effect from Michigan to Maryland as smoke from Canadian and Minnesota wildfires blankets major U.S. cities. -4.0
8d ago "Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue." Four Michigan Republicans—Reps. John James, Jack Bergman, John Moolenaar and Lisa McClain—slammed Canada for not preventing wildfire smoke from pour… ×2 -4.0
8d ago Canceled a camping trip due to wildfire smoke. Can't swim at the nearby lake anyway bc of high E. coli. 4th of July weekend we had no power due to yet another heavy storm. Still dealing w/ torna… -7.0
8d ago Michigan state senator Aric Nesbitt offered this: "Hey Canada, 'just let it burn' is not a solution. Unless you want to become the 51st state, learn to manage your forests." Interesting take consi… ×2 -2.5
8d ago Heads up, Michigan: Canadian wildfire smoke chokes Metro Detroit, triggers air quality emergency Wildfire smoke from Canada causes hazardous air quality in Metro Detroit, prompting health warnings… ×2 -3.5
8d ago The #wildfire has made the air quite toxic today (southern mid Michigan) very unhealthy out here. Man alive, it's like breathing a couple packs of cigarettes out there. #climate -6.0
8d ago Air Quality Alert issued July 17 at 10:39AM EDT by NWS Marquette MI The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has issued an Air Quality Alert for July 17 and July 18 2… -3.0
8d ago Bill Maher if he was leftist: This wildfire smoke, they're saying it's so bad in Michigan it made Haley Stevens' voice rich and smooth -2.5
8d ago Images from an elevated webcam focused on a construction site in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, demonstrating the effects of smoke from Canadian wildfires. As the timestamps on the images show, smoke wa… -1.0
8d ago We now have annual wildfire smoke in Michigan, yet Dems are convinced climate change isn’t a winning issue -4.5
8d ago I'm from Michigan and it seems like they are going through a lot right now between the dirty lettuce and the smoke from Canada's wildfires. My fellow Michiganders, are y'all ok?? ×2 -3.0
8d ago Wildfire smoke: Apparently some AQI systems stop at 500, although I’ve heard levels reported over 1000. Chicago, Minnesota, Michigan, NYC, out to the Atlantic still severe. DC now joins us. I’ve … -5.5
8d ago Smoke from Canadian wildfires covers Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan yesterday evening. @stiles-tyson.bsky.social 📷©️John R. Fulton Jr. -2.5
8d ago Just a small reminder to 🏴‍☠️Merica🏴‍☠️ that your Rep Lisa McClain, Republican from Michigan, is just another idiot that you elected. Her very foolish tirade against wildfire smoke originating from… ×2 -8.0
8d ago Wildfire smoke hid Grand Traverse Bay the same week Michigan handed Enbridge another Line 5 oil tunnel permit. Tell Gov. Whitmer and EGLE to deny the final permit and shut down Line 5. Add your voi… -6.0
8d ago 🇺🇲 fully bloated arrogance on full display throughout today's news ☕️ USA threatens Canada over wildfires as wildfire smoke from northern Ontario reaches Michigan. Mark Carney answers U.S. lawmake… ×2 -6.5
8d ago Michigan air quality updates: What's closed Friday due to wildfire smoke -2.5

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