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Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C
(www.theguardian.com)
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In the USA and Canada the right wing responded to the biggest forest fires ever by accusing their opponents of lighting fires to trick people into believing in the climate change hoax. This took down my faith in humanity another notch or two. Greece and Italy both have a strong far-right presence so it wouldn't be surprising were this same conspiracy theory to emerge there too.