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Smoke, Screened: The Clean Air Act’s Dirty Secret
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![‘Smoke, Screened’ findings on EPA exceptional events presented at scientific conference](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2023/12/12/Copy_of_Smoke_Screened_banner.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
‘Smoke, Screened’ findings on EPA exceptional events presented at scientific conference
At the American Geophysical Union conference this week, MuckRock and The California Newsroom presented findings and methodology from the “Smoked Screened” investigation.
![Jessica Beverly and her 8-year-old son, Teddy, feed chickens at their 9-acre hobby farm on Nov. 6, 2023, in Woodstock. "The health department issued alerts and the cities canceled some of their outdoo](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2023/11/12/CT_ct-midwest-exceptional-events-epa001.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Midwest pollution spiked dramatically this summer because of Canadian wildfires. Now officials may erase those days from the books.
Dozens of states and the EPA are so concerned they may exclude the smokiest days from the legally binding score cards that determine whether they’re doing enough to fight pollution, according to a joint collaboration between the Tribune and the nonprofit news site MuckRock. Now some states are considering banding together in a joint effort that could trigger the largest exclusion in the history of the federal Clean Air Act
![Ashley Cardwell, seated, and Donovan Sensel fish at Lake No. 34 in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area this summer. Lakes and springs in Busch conservation area were contaminated decades ago by](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2023/10/24/Lakes_split_banner.png.800x600_q85_crop.png)
Weldon Spring uranium plant contaminated Missouri lakes with radioactive waste
Lakes and streams in August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area were contaminated with uranium from refining efforts in Weldon Spring.
![The Salt Fire burns in Shasta County, as seen from I-5 June 30, 2021. Photograph: Andrew Nixon/CapRadio](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2023/10/17/Saltfire.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Smoke, Screened: As U.S. wildfires pollute the skies, a loophole is obscuring the impact. Can it be fixed?
Everyone agrees it’s time to change the Clean Air act’s exceptional events rule, but has different solutions.
![Shobe has his own air monitor on his porch. Photograph: Brittany Greeson/The Guardian](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2023/10/16/TheGuardian_Stellantis__30.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Smoke, Screened: In Detroit, a ‘magic wand’ makes dirty air look clean — and lets polluters off the hook
Across the US, local governments, lobbyists and industry have spent millions to get wildfire pollution excluded from the record. People like Robert Shobe pay the price.
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