As U.S. wildfires pollute the skies, a loophole is obscuring the impact. Can it be fixed? ( www.muckrock.com )
An obscure part of the Clean Air Act grants regulators an opening to “forgive” air pollution from wildfires, meaning that it doesn’t count against air-quality goals. After wildfires flourished across North America this year, more U.S. states east of the Mississippi may use this exceptional events rule to subtract smoke...
