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Wildfires Rage Across France and Spain, 300K Displaced

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Above: A volunteer runs to fill a water bucket to help battling the fire in Lanton, France on July 29. Image credit: Romain Perrocheau/AFP/Getty Images

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Climate change is making European wildfires worse and full stop isn't the right phrase, but the data is undeniable. Europe is warming twice as fast as the global average, and the record heat driving these fires would've been virtually impossible without climate change. Hundreds of thousands displaced in France and Spain is the new normal unless emissions are taken seriously.

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