As Smoke Fears Rise, Regan Vows To Boost Monitoring, Revise Testing

EPA Administrator Michael Regan is promising senators that the agency will better monitor wildfire smoke and revise wood-stove testing in response to queries on what action he will take to protect the public from the increased releases of particulate matter from wildfire smoke and from smoke emitted by wood-burning heaters. His commitments, made during a June 9 hearing on EPA’s fiscal year 2022 budget before the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee, come as EPA faces heightened interest in the adverse air...