Join the webinar at 5:00 pm on March 8.
Join MEIC and our friends National Parks Conservation Association and Park County Environmental Council on March 8 at 5 pm on Zoom or Facebook Live for a webinar about the EPA’s Regional Haze program and how Montana DEQ is NOT taking advantage of this opportunity to clear our skies.
Call-in information:
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/
Meeting ID: 914 2411 2683
Passcode: 746308
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Montanans love our big skies and gorgeous vistas, but we’re also all too familiar with hazy air. Far too often our summers are ruined by smoke-filled skies that drive people indoors and to emergency rooms. Winter inversions in many of our valleys can create some of the most dangerous levels of air pollution all year. When there is an opportunity to limit harmful pollution that worsens haze pollution, we should eagerly embrace it.
Every 10 years, the Montana DEQ must propose a plan to the EPA to reduce air pollution and the resulting haze from the state’s largest industrial polluters. It’s a golden opportunity to clean up Montana’s air and protect important public resources. Unfortunately, DEQ is proposing to require exactly nothing of major industrial pollution sources. Instead it claims that it will revisit the issue in 10 years, effectively meaning it would require no industry improvements until well into the 2030s!
Tonight’s webinar will be a chance to learn more, ask questions, and find out how you can help. In the meantime, here’s a fact sheet about regional haze and here’s a link to send comments to DEQ through MEIC’s website.
