On Mon, Aimenn Penny, 20, was sentenced to 18 yrs in #prison after pleading #guilty to 2 felonies: committing a #church#arson#HateCrime & using fire & #explosives to commit a #felony. Penny’s attempted #firebombing of the Community Church of Chesterland came as some #RightWing#media outlets intensified their rhetoric against #drag shows & #conservative lawmakers made banning them or limiting children’s exposure to them an increasingly high priority.…
"A Canadian man who posted #conspiracy theories on social media claiming the government was deliberately starting #wildfires has pleaded guilty to starting 14 blazes that forced hundreds of people from their homes"
A #Canada#climate conspiracy theorist pleads guilty to starting 14 wildfires | CNN #arson
CHIBOUGAMAU, Que. - A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes.
#Montreal police say early morning fire outside the city’s #NotreDameBasilica wasn't intentionally set, adding that #arson investigators were at the scene this morning and determined the fire’s origin was electrical.
Firefighters were called to the church in #OldMontreal around 2:30 a.m. after fire began on construction scaffold being used 4 reno work on building’s exterior
Police say there was no damage to the building, a national historic site.
Of course air #temperature has an impact on wildfires. Yes, hot days will not result in "spontaneous self-ignition" of a forest, but that was never the point. Bringing that up is a classic straw-man fallacy, and using it against climate change impacts is a logical mistake.
#Arson is not an argument against the impact of climate change. Global warming impacts both natural and human-caused ignitions.
…January 2, 2021…
It begins with a text message from #AngusKing, the junior senator from Maine: “Could you give me a call when you get a chance? #Important.”
#Romney calls, & #King informs him of a conversation he’s just had w/a high-ranking #Pentagon ofcl. #Law enforcement has been tracking online #chatter among #RightWing#extremists who appear to be planning something bad on the day of #Trump’s upcoming “rally” in #DC The president has been telling them the election was stolen; now they’re coming to steal it back. There’s talk of #gun smuggling, of #bombs & #arson, of #targeting the #traitors in #Congress who are responsible for this travesty.
(ATHENS, Greece) — Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country's northeast that officials say is the largest ever recorded in the European Union....
The Canary Islands leader says police have confirmed that a wildfire on the tourist island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands was started deliberately.
Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36 (www.bbc.com)
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
Firefighters in Greece Are Struggling to Battle The E.U.'s Biggest Wildfire Ever Recorded - Arson Suspected in Athens (time.com)
(ATHENS, Greece) — Firefighters struggled Thursday against strong winds and hot, dry conditions to tame multiple wildfires ravaging Greece, including one in the country's northeast that officials say is the largest ever recorded in the European Union....
Wildfire on Spain's popular tourist island of Tenerife was started deliberately, official says (apnews.com)
The Canary Islands leader says police have confirmed that a wildfire on the tourist island of Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands was started deliberately.