Claims: Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA still doesn’t have a plan.
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- title: Wildfire smoke threatens the World Cup final. FIFA still doesn’t have a plan. Source
- url: https://grist.org/extreme-weather/wildfire-smoke-threatens-the-world-cup-final-fifa-still-doesnt-have-a-plan/ Source
- summary: The biggest game in soccer is set for Sunday, when Argentina and Spain will meet in the World Cup final, held just outside of New York City. There’s just one problem — wildfire smoke now threatens the match and FIFA, the sport’s governing body, doesn’t appear to have any plan in place to protect player or fan health. Wildfire smoke blowing from Canada has blanketed large swaths of the Midwest and East Coast in recent days, i mpacting more than a dozen states , with some of the worst-hit ci… Source
- published: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:55:16 +0000 Source