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Anachronistic Pollution Policy: The Case Of Wildfire Smoke Regulation, Kirsten H. Engel
Anachronistic Pollution Policy: The Case Of Wildfire Smoke Regulation, Kirsten H. Engel
Kirsten H. Engel
Wildfire is on the rise. The United States is witnessing a spectacular increase in acres lost to catastrophic wildfires, a phenomenon fed by the generally hotter and dryer conditions associated with climate change. In addition to losses in lives, property and natural resources, wildfires contribute thousands of tons of air pollution each year. Ironically, perhaps the most effective tool to reduce the incidence and severity of unplanned wildfires is fire. In the form of prescribed, or controlled, burning and wildfires that are allowed to burn for their resource benefits, “planned wildfire” reduces the buildup of vegetation resulting from years of …