Canadian wildfires by numbers: Important context for the ongoing, raging fires from The North Country. Caution: The type of air pollution caused by wildfires (particulate matter or “PM”) is serious, particularly for the vulnerable with cardio/pulmonary issues. The World Health Organization claims it kills millions annually...unlike carbon dioxide, which is a greenhouse gas, but *not* a pollutant. - - - - - Will American taxpayers continue to hemorrhage hundreds of billions to big business and foreign corporations to convert the country to wind / solar energy - that produce power only 30% of the time? Texas “leads” the country in renewable (unreliable) energy but just threw on the proverbial emergency break. Texas just moved to cut its renewable mandates, the many billions of taxpayer funds given as freebies to prop up the renewable CREZ Initiative (power lines/distribution) developers and will even mandate that wind and solar provide reliable, fossil fuel backup to meet demand during the 70% of the time when they do not produce. Dr. Brent Bennett at Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Life:Powered Initiative gives the update. - - - - -RFK Jr. is taking the country by storm. Though he once said that those who disagree with him on climate policy should be thrown into a cage (prison cell…curtains for The Jacki Daily Show), he seems to have moderated his tone, and even is opposing a wind farm in Massachusetts (next episode) and shamelessly defending his private jet air travel, explaining “I’m not *that* kind of environmentalist!” He has frequently commented on the ease of election hacking and takes several interesting policy positions that we explore this episode.