EPA Chief Praises Fairbanks for Response to Smoke

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy wrapped up her Alaska trip yesterday in Fairbanks. She toured the area, which suffers from elevated wintertime fine particulate pollution that often violates federal clean air standards. McCarthy had only praise for how Fairbanks is responding to smoke from wood and coal burning.

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Dan Bross is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.

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