Wildfire Smoke and Extreme Heat Public Health
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2025-07-18 — Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2025: cross-connection with extreme-heat-public-health: Both pages address federal responses to extreme-heat health risks; HR4497 focuses on emergency-management framing while the wildfire/heat page tracks joint climate-health hazards. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-01-30 — Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025: Smoke and Heat Ready Communities Act of 2025 (introduced) would authorize EPA grants to air pollution control agencies, four university Centers of Excellence, and competitive community-planning grants for detection, preparedness, communication, and mitigation of wildfire smoke and extreme heat. (novelty: 3)