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An investigation found that local governments are increasingly exploiting a loophole in the Clean Air Act, leaving more than 21 million Americans with air that’s dirtier than they realize.
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
A provision in the Clean Air Act allows for counties to use the exceptional events rule to discount pollution from records held by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).