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No one is claiming the wildfires are unrelated to human activity, just that they are unrelated to the EPA's emissions standards, which neither regulate the gass
by jjk166 3y ago
No one is claiming the wildfires are unrelated to human activity, just that they are unrelated to the EPA's emissions standards, which neither regulate the gasses responsible for climate change, nor affect actions in other nations.
- lucideer 3y ago> they are unrelated to the EPA's emissions standards This seems tautological? Surely the proposal here is a change to said standards to increase their utility?
- jjk166 3y agoHow is it tautological? Anthropomorphic climate change is driven by the global emission of greenhouse gasses that have very little direct effect on air quality. These standards are for regulating local emissions of substances that negatively impact local air quality.
- Dylan16807 3y agoClimate change is a driver here, but the smoke itself is local (at least to the same extent as most regulated emissions) and negatively impacts air quality.