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Prescribed Burning: All You Need To Know | BreezoMeter

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Although there are positive effects of prescribed fires, the smoke produced from the burning of vegetation can have a significant impact on air quality, human health, and the environment. Wildfire smoke is a mixture of chemical compounds including gasses like carbon dioxide, volatile organic compounds, particle pollution, and more.

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Do We Dare Continue to Flare?

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8) Conversely, under President Biden, the EPA has advanced the new Clean Air Act rule to significantly and environmentally reduce methane emissions and other health-harming air pollutants that put nearby communities at risk. (9) Greenhouse gases—such as carbon dioxide and methane—have a heat-trapping impact on climate. (12)