MERKLEY, CURTIS LEAD BIPARTISAN WILDFIRE EMISSIONS PREVENTION ACT

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and John Curtis (R-UT), members of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, led their EPW colleagues-including Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Mark Kelly (D-AZ)-in introducing the Wildfire Emissions Prevention Act (WEPA). The bipartisan legislation would streamline states' use of prescribed fires to prevent wildfire emissions, protect ecosystems and wildlife habitats, and make American forests and communities safer, healthier, and cleaner. It also promotes the efficient use of state air quality resources and provides certainty that states will n...