Wildfire Smoke Costs U.S. Workers One Trillion Dollars

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reported on a Bloomberg Intelligence study showing that wildfire smoke has cost U.S. workers $1.1 trillion in lost wages between 2020 and 2024. The smoke not only reduces productivity across industries like retail, agriculture, and construction but also poses serious health risks, especially for unprotected firefighters. The report emphasizes that the economic and health impacts of climate disasters are happening now, not in the distant future.