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EPA’s wildfire-smoke response shows how climate fallout is now a daily governance problem

EPA issued a new statement on cross-border wildfire smoke and air-quality impacts, underscoring how climate-linked pollution keeps forcing emergency public-health responses. The politics are ugly because the agency is having to manage a problem the administration keeps trying to talk around.

Why it matters: Smoke reality

First recorded Aug 11, 2026·Meaningfully updated Aug 11, 2026

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