Regional Haze Rule Threatens Visibility
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This federal rule helped clear air over America's most beloved parks. Trump's EPA wants to kill it
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A 26-year-old federal regulation known as the regional haze rule has helped cut down on pollution over national parks, wilderness areas and tribal reservations.
Haze forms when small particles of air pollution scatter and absorb sunlight, blurring views and decreasing visibility.
The rule calls for attaining natural visibility conditions by 2064 and mandates that states come up with plans.
EPA officials did not respond to an AP request for a list of power plants that have closed due to the regional haze rule.
Advocates of the rule say eliminating it could lead to reduced tourism and the economic boom visitors bring to national park regions.
The National Park Service estimates 325 million people visited national parks in 2023 , spending $26.4 billion in gateway communities.
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