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The Wildfire Smoke That Blanketed New York City
LeverTime's John Sutter talks about the wildfire smoke that blanketed New York City and much of the Eastern seaboard last week. The oil lobby pushed for a loophole in federal environmental law allowing states to disregard pollution from so-called exceptional events like wildfires, he says. This exemption means that hazardous air quality caused by wildfires does not contribute to the way states have to comply with the Clean Air Act," writes Sutter. "We talk more deeply about this in our bonus episode for paying subscribers"