https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/10\/22\/the-clean-air-act-is-making-our-air-dirtier<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The planned, carefully controlled burns that can prevent megafires\u2014known as prescribed fires\u2014rarely qualify. They are, by definition, intentional and therefore generally fail to meet the Clean Air Act’s requirements for exceptional events. The result is a perverse incentive: The uncontrolled wildfire that blackens the skies is given a regulatory free pass, while the low-intensity prescribed fire that could have reduced the risk of that disaster faces red tape and potential penalties.<\/p>\n
As a result, states become reluctant to issue burn permits, and fire practitioners scale back projects rather than risk running afoul of federal standards.”<\/p>\n
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