BENNET, ROSEN, KLOBUCHAR, MERKLEY CREATE AND EXPAND GRANT AND LOAN PROGRAMS TO MONITOR AIR POLLUTION FROM WILDFIRES

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) to introduce a bill to help state, local, and Tribal government agencies monitor worsening air pollution caused by wildfires and make more informed public health decisions. The Wildfire Air Quality Sensor Expansion Act would direct the Environmental Protection Agency to create and expand new and existing grant and loan programs to allow agencies to purchase and operate portable air sensors, a low-cost technology to measure and detect harmful pollutants caused by wildfire smoke. Increasing access to air quality information is expected...